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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TIGRINE

Ti "grine, a. Etym: [L. tigrinus, fr. tigris a tiger. ]

 

1. Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina ) of South America.