Meanings
plural Caspian tigers
- Any of an extinct race of Panthera tigris tigris, recorded in the wild until the early 1970s, and formerly inhabiting the sparse forest habitats and riverine corridors west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Turkey, Iran and west through Central Asia into the Taklamakan Desert of Xinjiang, China.
Synonyms: Hyrcanian tiger, Turan tiger
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of an extinct race of Panthera tigris tigris, recorded in the wild until the early 1970s, and formerly inhabiting the sparse forest habitats and riverine corridors west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Turkey, Iran and west through Central Asia into the Taklamakan Desert of Xinjiang, China.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 裡海虎 /里海虎
- 裡海虎 /里海虎 (lǐhǎilhǔ)extinct tiger
Finnish kaspiantiikeri
- kaspiantiikeriextinct tiger
Persian ببر مازندران, ببر هیرکانی
- ببر مازندران (babr-e mâzandarân)extinct tiger
- ببر هیرکانی (babr-e hirkâni)extinct tiger
Portuguese tigre do Cáspio
- tigre do Cáspioextinct tiger
Russian закавка́зский тигр, тура́нский тигр
- закавка́зский тигр (zakavkázskij tigr)extinct tiger
- тура́нский тигр (turánskij tigr)extinct tiger
Cite this entry
Caspian tiger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caspian%20tiger
“Caspian tiger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caspian%20tiger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Caspian tiger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caspian%20tiger.
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