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.
In various restaurants and locales, the prized steak we know as rib eye is sometimes called by other names: Beauty Steak, Delmonico Steak, Spencer Steak, Market Steak, Scotch Filet, and the French term entrecÃ´te.