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saber-toothed tiger
(encz) | saber-toothed tiger,šavlozubý tygr n: [zoo.] Cascaval |
saber-toothed tiger
(wn) | saber-toothed tiger
n 1: any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having
long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene
through the Pleistocene [syn: saber-toothed tiger,
sabertooth] |
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false saber-toothed tiger
(encz) | false saber-toothed tiger, n: |
saber-toothed tigers
(gcide) | Machaerodus \Ma*chae"ro*dus\ (m[.a]*k[=e]"r[-o]*d[u^]s),
Machairodus \Ma*chai"ro*dus\ (m[.a]*k[imac]"r[-o]*d[u^]s), n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ma`chaira dagger + 'odoy`s tooth.] (Paleon.)
A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in
the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength;
-- hence called saber-toothed tigers.
[1913 Webster] |
false saber-toothed tiger
(wn) | false saber-toothed tiger
n 1: North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much
earlier and less specialized than members of the genus
Smiledon |
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