Definition of Bengal tiger

1. Noun. Southern short-haired tiger.

Generic synonyms: Panthera Tigris, Tiger

Definition of Bengal tiger

1. Noun. A tiger of the subspecies ''Panthera tigris tigris'' found in various parts of the Indian subcontinent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bengal Tiger

Benedictines
Benedictus
Benedikt's syndrome
Benelux
Benet
Benevento
Benford's law
Bengal
Bengal bean
Bengal fox
Bengal foxes
Bengal kino
Bengal light
Bengal lights
Bengal rose
Bengal tiger
Bengal tigers
Bengalee
Bengalees
Bengali
Bengalis
Benghal bean
Benghazi
Benghazi Handicap
Bengkulu
Benguela Current
Benin
Benin franc
Beninese
Benioff zone

Literary usage of Bengal tiger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"Monarch over every description of locality in these two districts, however, and oniy fearing the bison, roams the Bengal tiger, of which so many ..."

2. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"... as you choose, visit the Jardin des Plantes, and stand before the cages where the great cats are confined, the lions, the Bengal tiger. ..."

3. Maine: A History by Louis Clinton Hatch, Maine Historical Society, American Historical Society (1919)
"... Thersites to Hercules, mud to marble, dunghill to diamond, a singed cat to a Bengal tiger, a whining puppy to a roaring lion. Shade of the mighty Davis, ..."

4. Effective English: Junior by Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss (1921)
"ROYAL Bengal tiger. Cincinnati " Zoo." Features in Newspaper Training. — There are three features of newspaper training of almost equal importance: (1) News ..."

5. Shirley Brooks of Punch: His Life, Letters, and Diaries by George Somes Layard (1907)
"CHAPTER X 1857-1860—Tennyson's Bust and Trinity College, Cambridge- "The British Lion's Vengeance on the Bengal tiger"- "Amusing Poetry"—Death of Douglas ..."

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