| 单词 | saber-toothed tiger |
| 释义 | saber-toothed tiger in American English any of various extinct cats, closely resembling the tiger, but with a more massive body, shorter legs and tail, and long, curved upper canine teeth: found from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene, and of wide distribution saber-toothed tiger in American Englishnoun any of several extinct members of the cat family Felidae from the Oligocene to PleistoceneEpochs, having greatly elongated, saberlike upper canine teeth Also called: sabertooth (ˈseibərˌtuːθ) Word origin [1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, creationism, dope, pylon, striation |
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