"ligress" meaning in English

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          "text": "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.",
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        "A female liger."
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          "alt": "labuʔa(t) babriyya",
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          "sense": "female liger",
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          "word": "لَبُؤَة بَبْرِيَّة"
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      "word": "لَبُؤَة بَبْرِيَّة"
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