Bengal tiger
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bengal tiger
First recorded in 1760–65
Example Sentences
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Designed by luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co, the bejewelled timepiece has sculpted figures of a lion and a Bengal tiger placed around Anant's statue seated on a chair.
From BBC
Twenty big cats - including a Bengal tiger and four cougars - have died of the bird flu over the past several weeks at an animal sanctuary in the state of Washington.
From BBC
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.
From Los Angeles Times
Officials raiding a property near the Mexican capital have seized 25 exotic animals, including lions, pumas and a Bengal tiger.
From BBC
For their benefit, he spins a fantastic tale — incredible in every sense — about sharing a lifeboat with animals, initially several then finally just one, Richard Parker, an enormous, sinuous, very hungry Bengal tiger.
From New York Times
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