Sabertooth

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sabertooth tiger US
  2. 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. 3
    Any animal with saber-like teeth, such as the saber-toothed cat or saber-toothed tiger US

Synonyms

All synonyms
saber toothed tigersaber-toothed tigersmilodon

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of saber + tooth

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sabertooth fishsabertooth tiger

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