Sabertooth

Common synonyms include: aggressive, long fang, machairodont cat, machairodontid cat, predatory, saber-toothed.

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A sabertooth tiger US
2
any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene wordnet
3
Any animal with saber-like teeth, such as the saber-toothed cat or saber-toothed tiger US

Bahuvrihi compound of saber + tooth