Amur tiger

noun

ä-ˈmu̇r- How to pronounce Amur tiger (audio)
: siberian tiger

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Since opening in 1978, 46 Amur tiger cubs have been born at the Minnesota Zoo. — Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 July 2025 Detroit Zoo Officials say Darya shares her home with fellow Amur tigers Nikolai and Ameliya. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 Video footage captured by a visitor shows the goose and the big cat, a 7-year-old female Amur tiger named Vera, engaged in an intense face-off during which the bird managed to ward off the predator. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025 Ever since settlers, both Russian and Chinese, filtered into Amur tiger forests in the middle of the nineteenth century, the fate of these cats has been linked to human attitudes. — Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Amur tiger

Word History

Etymology

Amur River, Asia

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Amur tiger was in 1917

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“Amur tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Amur%20tiger. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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