tigerlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"Weighing about 60 pounds and bearing powerful jaws, the thylacine had a doglike skull, was about the height and shape of a Doberman, and had tigerlike stripes on its back that may have helped conceal it in the bush from its prey."

Etymology tree English tiger Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English tigerlike From tiger + -like.

more tigerlike (comparative) most tigerlike (superlative)

lionlike pantherlike leopardlike cheetahlike

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What does tigerlike mean?

Resembling a tiger; tigerish.

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