"ligress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ligresses [plural]
Etymology: liger + -ess Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|liger|ess}} liger + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} ligress (plural ligresses)
  1. A female liger. Categories (lifeform): Female animals, Panthers Translations (female liger): لَبُؤَة بَبْرِيَّة (alt: labuʔa(t) babriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), لَبْوَة بَبْرِيَّة (alt: labwa(t) babriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), бэрслэн (berslen) (Mongolian), ligresa [feminine] (Portuguese), лигри́ца (ligríca) [feminine] (Russian), ligresa [feminine] (Spanish), lleigres [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ligress-en-noun-BrI3jO~R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess, Hybrids

Inflected forms

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