HyperDic: false_saber-toothed_tiger

English > 1 sense of the expression false saber-toothed tiger:
NOUNanimalfalse saber-toothed tigerNorth American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene
English > false saber-toothed tiger: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningNorth American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon.
Member ofNimravus, genus Nimravusfalse sabertoothed tigers
Broadersaber-toothed tiger, sabertoothAny of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth

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