panthera tigris

1. 1.

   large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

   Synonymstiger

   Broaderbig cat

   Narrowertiger cubBengal tigertigress

   Part ofPanthera

Questions about panthera tigris

What does panthera tigris mean?

panthera tigris means "large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered".

What is another word for panthera tigris?

Close synonyms include tiger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is panthera tigris a common word?

panthera tigris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.