Ligress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ligress is a noun meaning A female liger.
Meaning
A female liger.
Example Sentences
Colette has rescued cougars, bobcats, jaguars, panthers, tigers, lions--and even a ligress --a cross between a lion and a tiger.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- ligresses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include liliger, liger, tili, lioness, tigress, litigon.
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