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Tiger

A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Cat 76% connected

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger th…

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Tigress 76% connected

The female of the tiger.

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Anaconda noun · 78% connection

A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The…

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Bodian noun · 78% connection

A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies.

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Caracal noun · 78% connection

A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.

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Converse noun · 78% connection

A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the su…

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Coolie noun · 78% connection

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, powerful, carnivore, felis, tigris.
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Dragon noun · 78% connection

A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ri…

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East noun · 78% connection

The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is a…

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Eyra noun · 78% connection

A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a…

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Fireback noun · 78% connection

One of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and…

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Francolin noun · 78% connection

A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly commo…

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Gibbon noun · 78% connection

Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are taill…

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Hamadryad noun · 78% connection

large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

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Hornbill noun · 78% connection

Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical pa…

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Indian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

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Indies n. pl. · 78% connection

A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.

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Jaguar noun · 78% connection

A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large…

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Jasmine noun · 78% connection

A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe…

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Jelerang noun · 78% connection

A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel.

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