The adjective bad meaning âunpleasant, unattractive, unfavorable, spoiled, etc.,â is the usual form to follow such copulative verbs as sound, smell, look, and taste: After the rainstorm the water tasted bad. The coach says the locker room smells bad.
Taxonomy. 1  Cat species comprise about 16% of the world's carnivores. 2  The Felidae family has 18 genera encompassing about 40 species. 3  There are eight recognized subspecies of tiger, five of which are living (Bengal, Amur, Indo-Chinese, Sumatran and South China tigers).
The tigerâs scientific name, Panthera tigris, is usually assumed to come from the Greek words pan-, meaning âallâ, and theron, meaning âbeastâ, but this is likely a myth from folk etymology.A group of tigers is called a âstreakâ or an âambushâ, although it is a rare sight.he Bengal tiger is the most numerous tiger subspecies and the largest is the Siberian tiger. The word âtigerâ comes from the Greek word âtigrisâ, which probably originated from a Persian word meaning âarrowâ. The English word âTigressâ was first documented in 1611.