| 单词 | royal tiger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroyal tiger royal tiger n. = royal Bengal n. [Probably after French tigre royal (1674 or earlier; now more commonly tigre du Bengale ; compare Bengal tiger n. at Bengal n. Compounds), itself after Portuguese †tigre real (although this is apparently first attested later: 1710 or earlier; now tigre de Bengala ). Compare German Königstiger (1784 or earlier), Dutch koningstijger (1823 or earlier), Spanish †tigre real (1780; now tigre de Bengala real ; compare royal Bengal tiger).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera tigris (tiger) > varieties of royal tiger1768 Sumatran tiger1815 royal Bengal1871 Siberian tiger1895 Manchurian tiger1899 Amur tiger1964 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 176 Going in quest whereof, one of our Soldiers, a Youth, killed a Tigre-Royal.] 1768 A. Dour in tr. 'Inayat Allah Tales I. i. 9 He for this purpose had previously informed himself of the haunt of a royal tiger. 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. ii. 344 The largest are those of India, and are termed Royal Tigers. 1905 C. Whitney Jungle Trails vi. 132 I am expecting this year to have my first lion hunting experience, but the royal tiger has never given me so much the feeling of danger as has the elephant. 1998 Hist. Ireland 6 35/2 The new regiment's cap badge, a grenade with the royal tiger of Bengal on the bal, preserved the Indian connection. < as lemmas |
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