parasynthetic, instrumental, similative, etc., as tiger-footed, tiger-hearted, tiger-looking, tiger-marked, tiger-passioned, tiger-proof, tiger-st…

Short for tabby cat at sense B. 2a(a): A cat having a striped or brindled coat.

a variety or breed of tabby cat in which the coat colour consists of shades of orange or red; a ginger or marmalade tabby.

= tabby cat at tabby, adj. 2a(a), esp. a tabby cat with vertical stripes in its markings.

= tiger-cat, n. 4.