Clouded tiger Meaning, Definition & Usage
Definitions
(Zoöl.) , a handsome striped and spotted carnivore (Felis macrocelis orF. marmorata ) native of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called alsotortoise-shell tiger .