In dictionaries:
saber-toothed tiger
Any of numerous species of prehistoric cat-like mammals (principally in the subfamily Machairodontinae), characterized by massive, but short, legs and two large canine teeth, each about seven inches long and shaped like a saber.
false saber-toothed tiger
North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
saber-toothed cat
US spelling of sabre-toothed cat [The sabre-toothed tiger.]
saber-toothed tigers
false saber-toothed cat
US spelling of false sabre-toothed cat [A nimravid.]
Saber-toothed predator
From top and from left to right, Inostrancevia, Hoplophoneus, Barbourofelis, Smilodon, Machaeroides and Thylacosmilus
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