tigri-, tigr-, tiger (Greek > Latin > Old French: swift animal).Related to "arrow" and "pointed" thus probably describing a tiger as "swift as an arrow"; said to be a word of Iranian origin.tiger:
1. A large carnivorous feline mammal, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes.
2. Panthera tigris, of Asia; ranging in several races from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some races thought to be extinct; any of a variety of other similar felines. 3. A fierce, aggressive, or audacious person. tigress:
1. A female tiger.
2. A fierce, aggressive, or audacious woman. 3. A woman resembling a tiger, as in fierceness or courage. tigrish, tigerish:
1. Tigerlike, as in strength, fierceness, courage, or coloration.
2. Fiercely cruel; bloodthirsty, relentless. Tigris River:
Literally "the swift river"; a river, 1150 miles (1850 km) long, in SW Asia, flowing South East from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates River; to form by their confluence, the Shatt-al-Arab River (or Shatt al Arab) c. 120 miles (193 km) in SE Iraq.
tigroid:
Resembling a tiger or tiger's skin; marked like a tiger; having the characteristics of a tiger (fierce, aggressive, etc.).
tigrology:
A branch of zoology that specializes in the study of tigers.
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