Asian Tiger

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• Asian tiger — UK US noun [C] ► ECONOMICS used to describe one of the countries in Asia whose economy has grown and become successful very quickly: »India is the latest Asian tiger ready to start work in the world s most lucrative auto arena. → See also CELTIC… …   Financial and business terms

• Asian tiger mosquito — n a black and white striped Asian mosquito of the genus Aedes (A. albopictus) that transmits the causative viruses of several diseases (as dengue and Japanese B encephalitis) in Asia and that has been introduced into the U.S. called also tiger… …   Medical dictionary

• Asian tiger mosquito — Taxobox name = Asian tiger mosquito image width = 240px image caption = Female at the start of feeding regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo =… …   Wikipedia

• Asian tiger mosquito — noun Date: 1986 a black and white stiped Asian mosquito (Aedes albopictus) that is a vector of several diseases (as dengue) and has been introduced into the United States …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Asian tiger mosquito — noun striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases • Syn: ↑Aedes albopictus • Hypernyms: ↑mosquito • Member Holonyms: ↑Aedes, ↑genus Aedes * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• tiger economy — UK US noun [C] (also tiger, economic tiger) ECONOMICS ► a country with an economy that is growing very fast: »Corporations had to face the increasing power of the East Asian tiger economies. → See also ASIAN TIGER(Cf. ↑Asian tiger), CE …   Financial and business terms

• tiger lily — Asian lily with dark purple or brown spotted orange or red flowers; any lily that looks like the Asian tiger lily …   English contemporary dictionary

• Tiger Cub Economies — The term Tiger Cub Economies refers to the economies of the four dominant countries in the Southeast Asia after Singapore.[1] The Tiger Cub Economies (yellow) The original tigers (red) [ …   Wikipedia

• Tiger conservation — The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has played a crucial role in improving international efforts for tiger conservation. CITES is an international governance network employing tools and… …   Wikipedia

• tiger mosquito — noun Date: 1835 Asian tiger mosquito …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tiger mosquito — ti·ger mosquito tī gər n 1) YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO 2) ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO …   Medical dictionary