saber-toothed tiger

saber-toothed tiger

n. See smilodon.

sa·ber-toothed tiger

(sā′bər-to͞otht′) Any of various large extinct cats of the Oligocene to Pleistocene Epochs having very long upper canine teeth.

Thesaurus

Noun

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saber-toothed tiger - any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocenesabertoothbig cat, cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wildSmiledon californicus - North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth developmentfalse saber-toothed tiger - North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon