ligern.
/ˈlʌɪɡə/, U.S. /ˈlaɪɡər/ The offspring of a lion and a tigress. Cf. tigon n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera leo or lion > offspring of lion and tiger
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1938 Times 28 May 7/7 Two young Whipsnade-bred tigresses have been sent to London with the intention that they shall be paired with lions to produce the so-called ligers.
1948 Time 17 May 27 Daisy, a Salt Lake City zoo tigress, gave birth to the first known liger..ever born in the U.S.
1964 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 8 Nov. 4/6 A ‘Liger’ is the term applied to the result of a cross between a lion and a tigress.
1975 Times 17 Sept. 7/3 The world's only living liger, the cross-breed of a male lion and a female tiger, has died at a Japanese zoo. It was the last of a litter of three born on September 8.
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