tigress

noun

Etymology: From French tigresse, corresponding to tiger + -ess.

1. A female tiger; a she-tiger.

   “So-al was a mighty fine-looking girl, built like a tigress as to strength and sinuosity, but withal sweet and womanly.”

   “Indestructibly seductive at 79, this greatest and wittiest of all singing tigresses has lasted even longer on the stage than the original glamorous grandmother, Marlene Dietrich.”