Colette has rescued cougars, bobcats, jaguars, panthers, tigers, lions--and even a ligress --a cross between a lion and a tiger.
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Ligress
Synonyms for "ligress"
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Translations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- لَبُؤَة بَبْرِيَّة noun (female liger)
- لَبْوَة بَبْرِيَّة noun (female liger)
French
1 entries- ligresse noun (female liger)
Mongolian
1 entries- бэрслэн noun (female liger)
Portuguese
1 entries- ligresa noun (female liger)
Russian
1 entries- лигри́ца noun (female liger)
Spanish
1 entries- ligresa noun (female liger)
Welsh
1 entries- lleigres noun (female liger)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Called Shasta because "she hasta" have this and "she hasta" have that, the bossy liger — she was a ligress, to be more precise — was one of the zoo's most beloved and famous residents before she died in 1972 at the ripe age of twenty-four.
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There are a number of cases of ligers and ligresses in the world but experts say it is impossible for males to conceive and exceptionally rare for females to give birth.
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