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Multi-word Results
paper tiger |
a person, group, or nation that seems strong or powerful enough to pose a threat, but is actually weak or ineffectual; empty threat. |
saber-toothed tiger |
a large wild cat with very long teeth curving from its upper jaw. Saber-toothed tigers were carnivores that hunted the young of mammoths and other large animals. The last kinds of saber-toothed tigers became extinct over ten thousand years ago. Modern tigers are not related to saber-toothed tigers. |
Siberian tiger |
any member of the subspecies of tigers that are the largest of the big cats and native to eastern Russia and northern China. |
tiger beetle |
any of numerous usu. bright-colored active beetles that prey on other insects. |
tiger cat |
any of several small wild cats, such as the ocelot, that resemble the tiger in color or ferocity. [2 definitions] |
tiger lily |
an Asian lily that has large orange petals spotted with black and curved back toward the stem, or any of various similarly colored lilies. |
tiger moth |
any of numerous moths that are often brightly colored and have conspicuous stripes or spots on their wings, and whose larvae have woolly coats. |
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