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saber-toothed tiger


saber–toothed tiger

noun

Definition of SABER-TOOTHED TIGER

: any of numerous extinct cats (as genus Smilodon) widely distributed from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene and characterized by long curving upper canines —called also saber-toothed cat

First Known Use of SABER-TOOTHED TIGER

1849

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