saber-toothed tiger

saber-toothed tiger

noun
any of several extinct members of the cat family Felidae from the Oligocene to Pleistocene Epochs, having greatly elongated, saberlike upper canine teeth.
Also called sa·ber·tooth [sey-ber-tooth] .


Origin:
1840–50
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saber-toothed tiger

noun
any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene 
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