Machairodusn.

Brit.

/məˈkʌɪrədəs/, U.S.

/məˈkaɪrədəs/

Forms: 1800s– Machaerodus, 1800s– Machairodus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Machairodus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Machairodus ( J. J. Kaup Descr. d'ossements fossiles de mammifères inconnus (1833) ii. iii. 24) < ancient Greek μάχαιρα machaira n. + ὀδούς tooth (see -odont comb. form). Compare sabre-toothed adj. at sabre n. Compounds 2. Compare French machairode (1840), later machérode, machaérodus, machairodus.Cuvier had previously coined Ursus etruscus sive cultridens ( < classical Latin culter knife + rīdens grinning) as a name for a kind of extinct bear to which he supposed a fossil tooth, actually from Machairodus, to belong (see Kaup, as above).

Palaeontology.

A genus of sabre-toothed fossil felids; (also machairodus) a felid of this genus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > extinct

Machairodus1836

sabre-toothed lion1849

machairodont1889

sabre-tooth1896

sabre-tooth cat1906

1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. 91 Machairodus... Allied to Bear.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 244/1 The canine teeth of Machairodus are very far from those of the bears.

1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. ii. 31 The Machairodus, or sabre-toothed lion.

1981 J. May Many-colored Land (1982) ii. xi. 198 Was it machairodus, one of the leonine sabertooth cats that were the commonest..predators [printed predactors] of the Pliocene?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	machairodus
释义	Machairodusn. Brit. /məˈkʌɪrədəs/, U.S. /məˈkaɪrədəs/ Forms: 1800s– Machaerodus, 1800s– Machairodus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Machairodus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Machairodus ( J. J. Kaup Descr. d'ossements fossiles de mammifères inconnus (1833) ii. iii. 24) < ancient Greek μάχαιρα machaira n. + ὀδούς tooth (see -odont comb. form). Compare sabre-toothed adj. at sabre n. Compounds 2. Compare French machairode (1840), later machérode, machaérodus, machairodus.Cuvier had previously coined Ursus etruscus sive cultridens ( < classical Latin culter knife + rīdens grinning) as a name for a kind of extinct bear to which he supposed a fossil tooth, actually from Machairodus, to belong (see Kaup, as above). Palaeontology. A genus of sabre-toothed fossil felids; (also machairodus) a felid of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > extinct Machairodus1836 sabre-toothed lion1849 machairodont1889 sabre-tooth1896 sabre-tooth cat1906 1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. 91 Machairodus... Allied to Bear. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 244/1 The canine teeth of Machairodus are very far from those of the bears. 1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. ii. 31 The Machairodus, or sabre-toothed lion. 1981 J. May Many-colored Land (1982) ii. xi. 198 Was it machairodus, one of the leonine sabertooth cats that were the commonest..predators [printed predactors] of the Pliocene? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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