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Spell Bee Word: Tigress


What does tigress mean?

Word: Tigress

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tigress means a female tiger.

How do you spell tigress?

Syllables: ti - gress

Tricky part: Tiger loses its e when the ending goes on. Children who keep it write tigeress.

Watch out for: tigeress, tigriss, tygress

Memory tip: Tiger has to give up its e before it can become the word for a female tiger.

Tigress in a sentence

Example 1: The tigress carried her baby gently in her mouth.

Example 2: Visitors at Ranthambore waited hours to see the famous tigress.

Example 3: A tigress hunts alone, mostly at night.

Fun Fact

Machli, a tigress in Ranthambore National Park, became so famous that she was often called the most photographed tiger in the world.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the feminine form of the word: tiger

a) lioness
b) tigress
c) tigerine
d) tigrette

Show answer

b) tigress. Tiger drops its e to make tigress; lioness is the word for a female lion.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) leopard
b) kangaroo
c) tigres
d) elephant

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c) tigres. Tigress ends in a double s, like princess.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sgrseti

a) tigress
b) gitress
c) itgress
d) tgiress

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a) tigress. Itgress, tgiress and gitress keep gr with no e between and the double s, but the t, i and g are out of order.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A tiger and a tigress have a baby. What is it called?

a) a foal
b) a cub
c) a calf
d) a kid

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b) a cub

2. When a tigress is angry, she ____.

a) growls
b) brays
c) barks
d) bleats

Show answer

a) growls

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