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Felis :: Felis (n.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals..

Ferine :: Ferine (a.) Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts..

Dhole :: Dhole (n.) A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs..

Wallah :: Wallah (n.) A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger.

#NAME? :: -gerous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous..

Carnivora :: Carnivora (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful..

Gonimia :: Gonimia (n. pl.) Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia..

Man-eater :: Man-eater (n.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh..

Tigrish :: Tigrish (a.) Resembling a tiger; tigerish.

Tiger-foot :: Tiger-foot (n.) Same as Tiger's-foot.

Tigerine :: Tigerine (a.) Tigerish; tigrine.

Lion :: Lion (n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black.

Tiger :: Tiger (n.) Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person..

Dentigerous :: Dentigerous (a.) Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.

Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress..

Scutiger :: Scutiger (n.) Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.

Chati :: Chati (n.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).

Turnus :: Turnus (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail..

Smilodon :: Smilodon (n.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach/rodus.

Crocidolite :: Crocidolite (n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers..

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