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KatieMo | 16:28 Sat 01st Apr 2017 | Crosswords
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Blake's bright burner.

Five letters - Tiger or Tyger?

Please explain. Thank you in advance.
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tyger image: http://cf.ydcdn.net/1.0.1.69/images/dictionaries/Wiktionary-logo.png Noun (plural tygers) (obsolete) A tiger. Origin From Middle English tigre, from Old English tīgras (plural) and influenced by Old French tigre, both, from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tigris), possibly of Iranian origin. Read more at...
16:31 Sat 01st Apr 2017
TYGER
Tiger, tiger burning bright - from Blake's poem
Oh boy - red face here! ;))
tyger

image: http://cf.ydcdn.net/1.0.1.69/images/dictionaries/Wiktionary-logo.png
Noun

(plural tygers)

(obsolete) A tiger.

Origin

From Middle English tigre, from Old English tīgras (plural) and influenced by Old French tigre, both, from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tigris), possibly of Iranian origin.

Read more at http://www.yourdictionary.com/tyger#QivJw9cMT4Jy8JHe.99
I like the old name for a Giraffe too - Camelopard.

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