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Definition of Tigrine
1. a. Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
Definition of Tigrine
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the tiger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tigrine
1. like a tiger [adj]
Medical Definition of Tigrine
1.
1. Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tigrine
Literary usage of Tigrine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1916)
"... giving the abdomen a banded tigrine appearance; on the shortened apical segments
the banding occupies almost the entire sclerite; sternites one to four ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"... Arz " in tigrine), rears a lofty deep green tower to the height of over 100
feet above ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1896)
"... right there flowed a stream of Beauties. At last he was compelled to observe: '
This change is sudden: wherefore so downcast ? With tigrine claw thou ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1835)
"107 red, s. 107 red-backed, s. 106 Spanish, .-.. 106 spotted, s. 107 tigrine, s.
107 two lined, s. ..."
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