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who adopts mowgli in the village and why
After driving off Shere Khan, Mowgli goes to a human village where he is adopted by Messua and her husband whose own son Nathoo was also taken by a tiger.
Who is Shere Khan in The Jungle Book?
Shere Khan is a fictional Bengal tiger and the main antagonist of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book and its adaptations.

Question: What is the meaning of the tiger's name?
Self-contained rewrite: What is the meaning of Shere Khan's name?