"tiger-lion", 1748, not in OED

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Sep 24, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> "tiger-lion", 1748, not in OED.  Perhaps deserving, since the journal
> "Nature" used the term.

"tiger-lion" is a straightforward dvandva compound, so probably not deserving of inclusion unless it's frequent or specialized in use.

OED2 does have the portmanteaus "tigon" (which i know as "tiglon"; "tigron" is another variant) and "liger" -- which are distinct in meaning.

arnold

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