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

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

The Queen of Flanders’ daughter turned like a tigress to defend her young.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White