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.
TRI-TIP: A small steak from the bottom butt of the sirloin, also known as the triangle steak because of the shape of the muscle. RIB STEAK: From the rib section, this is the juiciest of steaks. Boned, it becomes a rib eye, also known as Spencer steak (largely in the West) and Delmonico steak (in New York).