"tigon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtaɪɡən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tigon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tigons [plural]
enPR: tī'gən Rhymes: -aɪɡən Etymology: Blend of tiger + lion Etymology templates: {{blend|en|tiger|lion}} Blend of tiger + lion Head templates: {{en-noun}} tigon (plural tigons)
  1. A cross between a male tiger and a lioness. Wikipedia link: tigon Categories (lifeform): Panthers Related terms: liger Translations (cross between a male tiger and a lioness): tiikoni (Finnish), tigron [masculine] (French), tiglon [masculine] (French), tigone [masculine] (Italian), tyglew [masculine] (Polish), tigreão [masculine] (Portuguese), тигроле́в (tigrolév) [masculine] (Russian), лигар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligar [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tigrón [masculine] (Spanish), tigon [neuter] (Swedish), teiglew [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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