The specific epithet, tigris, as well as the common name, tiger, come from the Middle English tigre and the Old English tigras (a plural word), both used for the animal. These derive from the Old French tigre, itself a derivative of the Latin word tigris and the Greek word tigris.
â¢ DELMONICO STEAK (noun). The noun DELMONICO STEAK has 1 sense: 1. small steak from the front of the short loin of beef. Familiarity information: DELMONICO STEAK used as a noun is very rare.
I recently bought a pkg of ribeye steaks at the supermarket that were called Delmonico.. They were really inexpensive ($9 for four, each about 4 x 2 and 3/4 thick). I cooked one tonight and it was really good.