tigress

noun

ti·gress ˈtī-grəs

: a female tiger

also : a tigerish woman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The enormous tigress was covered with yellow, orange, and white carnations, and shrouded in white, except for her magnificent head. —

Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022 Collarwali was a tough-love kind of mother, letting her cubs start hunting earlier than a more helicopter-parenting sort of tigress. —

Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022 After gaining the trust of the mother tigress, staff was able to treat the cubs and get them on their feet. —

Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2022 This inbreeding resulted in the birth of a tigress named Mohini—one of two white tigers in the litter of four produced by Mohan and his daughter. —

Azzedine Downes, Scientific American, 22 June 2021 However, a 17-year old tigress living in a Swedish Zoo had to be euthanized after contracting Covid-19—which caused appetite loss, severe respiratory distress and neurologic symptoms in her. —

Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 17 June 2021 This tigress is rubbing herself against an ancient Manchurian fir tree, leaving her scent to mark her territory. —

Rachael Zisk, Popular Science, 20 Oct. 2020 The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History, author Dane Hucklebridge details the surprisingly methodical and incredibly blood machinations of a single Bengal tigress. —

Tom Mcnamara, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2020 Both actresses are masters of range, Greig a sitcom doyenne known for cult comedies Black Books, Episodes and Friday Night Dinner, and Walter a tigress with supporting parts in Succession, Killing Eve and The Spanish Princess. —

Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2020 See More

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