Tigerlike
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling a tiger; tigerish.
"Weighing about 60 pounds and bearing powerful jaws, the thylacine had a doglike skull, was about the height and shape of a Doberman, and had tigerlike stripes on its back that may have helped conceal it in the bush from its prey."
Example
More examples"Weighing about 60 pounds and bearing powerful jaws, the thylacine had a doglike skull, was about the height and shape of a Doberman, and had tigerlike stripes on its back that may have helped conceal it in the bush from its prey."
Etymology
From tiger + -like.
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