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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

Indian wildlife photographer Sachin Rai still remembers tigress "Arrowhead" pouncing on a crocodile and tearing away its leathery flesh with her teeth.

From BBC

A wild boar unknowingly ventures too close to the tigress, unaware of the imminent danger.

From BBC

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

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

From National Geographic