ligress

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English

Etymology

From liger +‎ -ess.

Noun

ligress (plural ligresses)

  1. A female liger.
    • 1994 December 6, Tim May, “Waystation Trying to Save Tigers in Ireland”, in Los Angeles Times:
      Colette has rescued cougars, bobcats, jaguars, panthers, tigers, lions--and even a ligress --a cross between a lion and a tiger.
    • 2008, Brandon Griggs, Utah Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff, Insiders' Guide, published 2008, →ISBN, page 128:
      Called Shasta because "she hasta" have this and "she hasta" have that, the bossy liger — she was a ligress, to be more precise — was one of the zoo's most beloved and famous residents before she died in 1972 at the ripe age of twenty-four.
    • 2012 September 11, “The rarest big cat in the world needs a normal moggy as her foster mum”, in The Siberian Times:
      There are a number of cases of ligers and ligresses in the world but experts say it is impossible for males to conceive and exceptionally rare for females to give birth.
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