Bengal tiger

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bengal tiger¹

First recorded in 1760–65

Example Sentences

According to local media reports, there have been a string of incidents in the enclosure over the years - including when a then-nine-year-old male Bengal tiger, Kato, bit two handlers back in 2011.

From BBC

A comic encounter with a stubborn hippo blocking a road is one thing; a corroded bureaucracy and hair’s-breadth escapes from a Bengal tiger are another, especially when you have only Soviet-era antibiotics to help.

From Los Angeles Times

Officials raiding a property near the Mexican capital have seized 25 exotic animals, including lions, pumas and a Bengal tiger.

From BBC

For their benefit, he spins a fantastic tale — incredible in every sense — about sharing a lifeboat with animals, initially several then finally just one, Richard Parker, an enormous, sinuous, very hungry Bengal tiger.

From New York Times

The Bengal tiger, an eight-year-old female named Sheba, had been living in the enclosure at an address in the outskirts of Johannesburg until her escape on Friday evening.

From Reuters