Noun
The female of the tiger.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAs when a tigress hears the noise of the hunters, she bristles into her stripes and shakes off the sloth of sleep; athirst for battle she loosens her jaws and flexes her claws, then rushes upon the troop and carries in her mouth a breathing man, food for her bloody young. Statius
But where Katherine was a white kitten, Elena was a white tigress. L.J. Smith
Leap out the window, my inner Tigress cried. You aren't ready to face such a powerful Tiger. I frowned. I thought a true Tigress never backed down from a fight. Don't you know anything? When she's in heat, she avoids everything male. Now run! Gena Showalter
Tigress is my alternate personality, especially with children. I love animation because you get to do things you don't normally get to. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Vicious as a tigress can be, she never eats her own cubs. Chinese Proverb
At least in one case, a tigress with cubs killed eight people entering her territory without consuming them at all. citation Commercial hunting and traditional medicine seeAlso A hunting party poses with a killed Javan tiger, 1941. Source: Internet