adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the tiger.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
adj. Resembling the tiger in color.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Like a tiger in coloration: noting various striped or spotted animals, often translating the specific technical word tigrinus or tigrina. Also tigerine.
Word Usage
"And now eyes and face and hair, and Madame le Claire -- all passed away; and Florian Amidon became as naught, and the tigrine lady and the faded professor played with the thing which had been he, as upon a machine."