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Bengal tiger   /bˈɛŋgəl tˈaɪgər/   Listen
Bengal tiger

noun
1.
Southern short-haired tiger.






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"Bengal tiger" Quotes from Famous Books



... slight noise in the adjoining room, and throwing on his dressing-gown, he rose to discover what could have caused it. Think of his horror and amazement to see, in the centre of the apartment, as if about to spring on the cradle where the infant slept, a royal Bengal tiger of vast size! In a moment it might have seized the child, and before any human aid could have availed, it might have carried her away into the wild jungle. He stood almost paralysed, not knowing how to act. Had he moved to ...
— Mark Seaworth • William H.G. Kingston

... vicious eye, and oftentimes the brute, snorting with anger and alarm at the unaccustomed sight and smell of a European, attempts to rush at one, while the idea of feeling his legs, drawing out his tongue, examining his hoofs or peering into his eyes quickly evaporates. One would rather fondle a Bengal tiger! ...
— Life and sport in China - Second Edition • Oliver G. Ready



Words linked to "Bengal tiger" :   Panthera tigris, tiger



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