tiger bittern (tiger bit"ern)

A South American bird of the heron family and genus Tigrisoma, of which there are several species: so called from the markings of the plumage. See cut under Tigrisoma. tiger-cat (tiger-kat), n. 1. One of several streaked or spotted cats of the family Felidæ Clouded Tiger-cat ( Felis macros cel is). and genus Felis: so called from their resemblance to the tiger in markings or in ferocity, though they are all much smaller, and range to the size of a large house-cat. These cats are numerous in both hemispheres, and the name has no specific meaning without a qualifying term. The clouded tiger-cat, F. macros cel is, of the East Indies is perhaps the largest and handsomest. The American ocelot is a tiger cat, and others have their distinctive names, as chat i, ser val, and margay. See these words, and cuts under serval and ocelot. IMG:content-0414.png:[blocks in formation] See cut under Cypræa. which the mola es escapes. E. H. Knight.8. A bug of the family Tingitidæ: translating the French name. -91. A fabulous bird. See the extract. Yet ben there other byrdes the whyche ben called Tygris, and they be so stronge that they wyll bere or cary in theyr neste a man sytting vpon an horse all armyd fro the hede to ye fote. R. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. xxxii.). American tiger, the jaguar, Felis onca. See cut under jaguar. Bengal tiger. See def. 1.-Black tiger, a mevarengal these clouded tigerer, me ed tiger-cat. See tiger -cat. Heraldic tiger, in her., an imaginary beast unlike a real tiger and more of the shape of a wolf except for having a tufted tail like a lion's. It should always be blazoned heraldic tiger to distinguish it from the creature, which is sometimes depicted in re cent heraldry. - Marbled tiger, the marbled tiger-cat, See marbled.- Mexican tiger, the jaguar. - Red tiger, the cougar. See cut under cougar. - Royal Bengal tiger, the common tiger, Felis tigris. See def. 1.- Saber tooth: ed tiger, a machærodont; one of the great fo il cats, with enormous upper canines, belonging to the subfamily Ma chærodontinæ. See Machærodontinæ, and cut under saber toothed. Tiger natural, in her., a bearing resembling the real tiger more or le closely: so called to distinguish it from the heraldic tiger. - Tiger swallowtail. See swal lowtail. - To buck or fight the tiger. See fight.-Tortoise-shell tiger, the clouded tiger-cat. See cut under tiger-cat.-Water-tiger, a predaceous water-beetle of the family Dytiscidæ: so called from their habits. See Hydra dephaga, and cut under Dytiscidæ. tiger ant ict (tī-gė-ran'tik), a. [ [Rare.] In what sheep's-head ordinary have you chew'd away the meridian of your tyger antic stomach? Tom Brown , Works, II. 179. [( Davies .) tiger-beetle (ti'gerbē"tl), n. Any beetle of the family Cicindelidæ : so called from its active predaceous habits. See also cuts under Amblychila and Cicindela. Virginia Tiger-beetle (Tetracha virginica). tiger-eye (tī'ger-i), n. Same as tiger's -eye. genus Tigridia ::so named from the variegation of the flower. The ordinary species is T. pavonia , one of the most showy of garden flowers, having a perianth six inches broad, colored a brilliant scarlet with copious crimson spots toward the dark center. The flower is of a triangular form, the three inner divisions of the perianth being much smaller than the three outer. Each flower lasts only a day, but there is a quick succe ion for six or eight weeks. There are several varieties, including the yellow and the white tigridias. From its native land some- times called Mexican tiger - flower . Also tiger -iris. tiger-footed (ti'ger-füted), a . Swift as a ti- ger; hastening to devour. [Rare.] This tiger - footed rage, when it shall find The harm of unscann'd swiftne , will too late Tie leaden pounds to 's heels. Shak ., Cor., iii. 1. 312. tiger-frog (ti'ger-frog), n. Same as leopard frog. tiger-gra (ti'ger-gras), n. A dwarf fan-palm, tiger-gra (ger-gras), Nannorhops Ritchieana, of western India, ex ing into Persia: put by the natives to a tending great variety of uses. It was formerly cla ed with Chamærops, from which it chiefly differs by its valvate instead of imbricate petals or corolla-segments. tigerine (tī'ger-in), a. tigrine. [ [Also tigrish; tigerish (tī'ger-ish), a. -ish1.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tiger in appearance, nature, or habits. ( a ) Fierce, bloodthirsty, or cruel. Let this thought thy tigrish courage pa . Sir P. Sidney , Astrophel and Stella. (b) Swaggering; bully-like. Compare tiger , 4. Nothing could be more vagrant, devil-me-carish, and, to use a slang word, tigrish, than his whole air. Bulwer, My Novel, vi. 20. [