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Bengal tiger

noun

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



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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bengal tiger1

First recorded in 1760–65
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Example Sentences

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A Royal Bengal tiger was killed and dismembered by a mob in India's north eastern state of Assam, a forest official has said.

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The sanctuary said it had lost five African serval cats, four bobcats, two Canada lynx and a Bengal tiger, among others.

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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.

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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.

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

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