saber-toothed tiger

Noun
  1. Any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth;
    From the Oligocene through the Pleistocene (synset 102133197)
    is a type of: big cat, cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
    subtypes:
    • smiledon californicus - North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development
    • false saber-toothed tiger - North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
    same as: sabertooth

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