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saber-toothed tiger
saber-toothed tigern. 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 | 1. |  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 |
saber-toothed tiger
saber-toothed tigerwild cat that died out about 12,000 years ago. [Ecology: Hammond, 290]See: Extinctionsaber-toothed tiger
Synonyms for saber-toothed tigernoun any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teethSynonymsRelated Words- big cat
- cat
- Smiledon californicus
- false saber-toothed tiger
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