| NOUN | animal | saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth | any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth |
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| Meaning | Any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene. | |
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| Synonym | sabertooth | |
| Narrower | Smiledon californicus | North American sabertooth |
| false saber-toothed tiger | North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene | |
| Broader | big cat, cat | Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild |
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