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tigress

[tahy-gris] / ˈtaɪ grɪs /


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“Tiger With Cubs” depicts a tigress nursing her young under pine trees as magpies heckle them.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.

From Salon Sep. 28, 2024

"The young tigress is one of thousands of big cats that fall victim to the commercial illegal trade in Europe every year," the group said.

From Reuters Jul. 27, 2023

He did so, returning on the back of a tigress.

From Scientific American Apr. 22, 2023

Suddenly he glimpsed the tigress, pacing back and forth.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Arrowhead's legendary status comes partly from her lineage; she is the daughter of Krishna and granddaughter of Machli - majestic tigresses who, once upon a time, dominated vast home ranges in Ranthambore with ferocity.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

To maintain a constant supply of babies, tigresses were forced to churn out litter after litter.

From National Geographic Nov. 2, 2023

While most tigresses keep their cubs with them for more than two years, Collarwali encouraged them to become independent earlier by leaving them in areas where there was abundant prey.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2022

At least 14 new cubs have been spotted in the past 18 months, and there may be more to come: forest guards report that two more tigresses may be pregnant.

From Time Magazine Archive

There they stood, the deadly tubes pressed to their lips, eyeing him like tigresses who protect their young, while every slender limb quivered, not with terror, but with rage.

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles




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