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Bengal tiger

noun

  1. a tiger, Panthera tigris tigris, found mainly in India and Bangladesh: an endangered species.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bengal tiger1

First recorded in 1760–65
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Example Sentences

They are said to attain larger dimensions in these northern latitudes than their southern congener, the better-known Bengal tiger.

Yet out of the whole box of masks it had been the Bengal Tiger's fiercely bewhiskered visage that had fascinated Flame the most.

The unflinching glare of the Bengal Tiger only served to increase her self-reproach.

The animal, a fine specimen of the Royal Bengal tiger, was valued at £400.

It may, perhaps, not be amiss to observe here that when the word tiger is used it does not mean the Bengal tiger.

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