a large, carnivorous, tawny-coloured and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris; a tiger.

a large, ferocious cat, Panthera pardus; a leopard.

an elephant that drinks water in two stages (first sucking into its trunk and next taking into the mouth).

a variety of oleander plant.

its flower.

a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent; an island.

a mound of sand surrounded by water.

(myth.) a division of the terrestrial world situated round the mountain Mēru.

a place of refuge; a shelter.

(fig.) a place, village, town, etc. that is cut off temporarily from other parts of the world.

of, relating to, caused by etc. a tiger.

the hide of a tiger.

a war-chariot covered with the hide of tigers.