tigress
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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
Kuwani, a renowned tigress of Kolsa, remains a dominant force, even at the age of 14.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 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
They had learnt a bit about this tigress by now and nobody was about to take any chances.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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
In a sense, he adores the lions and tigresses of a world often so polite that it is rude, and so frantic that it is bored.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tiger cubs a year old average about five feet eight inches, tigresses some three inches or so less.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James
