Definitions

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  • noun Any of several species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior.

Etymologies

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tiger +‎ fish

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Examples

  • tigerfish, that is because they are for public's eyes.

    25 Things about myself Mandy 2008

  • Bangar, a tigerfish or adcap at full speed would punch through most hull plating.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Huzzah! 2010

  • A newer good book is Somewhere Down the Crazy River by Paul Boote and Jeremy WAde– two crazed Brit fishers on expeditions after mahseer and giant tigerfish in Africa of course.

    Fish wish list 2009

  • Carnivorous tigerfish had braved the poisoned streams and were feeding on flesh that had fallen into the water.

    William Langewiesche on the Amazon air crash Langewiesche, William 2009

  • Thirty-nine species of fish have been recorded from the waters below the falls, including butter barbel Schilbe mystus, eastern bottlenose Mormyrus longirostris, chessa Distichodus schenga, nkupe Distichodus mossambicus, and eighty-four from the waters above the falls, including African mottled eel Platystacus cotylephorus, tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus, Kafue pike Hepsetus odue and silver barbel Schilbe intermedius and several species of bream.

    Mosi-oa-Tunya Victoria Falls, Zambia 2009

  • Victoria Falls forms a geographical barrier between the distinct fish faunas of the upper and middle Zambezi River, with fish species including breams Oreochromis mossambica, T. macrochir, T. andersoni, Serranochromis robustus, Sargochromis condringtoni, chessa Distichodus schenga, tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus, and barbel Clarias gariepinus.

    Victoria Falls National Park, Zimbabwe 2008

  • Hi tigerfish, I lookded up Kueh Tutu in google images, and yeah they do look similar.

    Coconut ‘sammanthi’ « Salt and Pepper. 2006

  • It would have been true of laws prohibiting racial intermarriage in 1930. tigerfish wrote:

    Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010

  • It would have been true of laws prohibiting racial intermarriage in 1930. tigerfish wrote:

    Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010

  • It would have been true of laws prohibiting racial intermarriage in 1930. tigerfish wrote:

    Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010

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