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smi⋅lo⋅don

  [smahy-luh-don]
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–noun
any of several saber-toothed cats of the extinct genus Smilodon, that ranged from California through most of South America during the Pleistocene Epoch and had upper canine teeth more than 6 in. (15 cm) long.

Origin:
< NL (1842) < Gk sml(ē) knife + -odōn -toothed, having teeth (see -odont )
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smi·lo·don   (smī'lə-dŏn')   
n.  Any of the large saber-toothed tigers of the genus Smilodon, widely distributed during the Pleistocene Epoch.

[New Latin Smīlodōn, genus name : Greek smīlē, carving knife + -odon.]
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