■ noun
1》 a very large solitary cat with a yellow-brown coat striped with black, native to the forests of Asia. [ Panthera tigris .]
2》 used in names of ~ moths and striped butterflies, e.g. scarlet ~ , plain ~ .
3》 (also ~ economy ) a dynamic economy of one of the smaller East Asian countries, especially that of Singapore, Taiwan, or South Korea.
Derivatives
~ish adjective
~ishly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. tigre , from L. tigris , from Gk.