sabre-toothed tiger

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sabre-toothed tiger

Any of numerous species of prehistoric cat-like mammals. A cat of the Machairodontinae subfamily of the Felidae

sabre-toothed tiger

or sabre-toothed cat Any of the extinct cat species forming the subfamily Machairodontinae. They had two long, bladelike canine teeth in the upper jaw. They lived from 36.6 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago, arising in North America and Europe and spreading to Asia, Africa, and South America. The best-known, the short-limbed Smilodon of the Americas, was bigger than the modern lion. Its "sabres," which grew to 8 in. (20 cm) long, were used to stab and slash prey, including the mastodon, whose pattern of extinction paralleled their own

saber-toothed tiger

Any of numerous species of prehistoric cat-like mammals (genus Smilodon), characterized by massive, but short, legs and two large canine teeth, each about seven inches long and shaped like sabers. Also called saber-toothed cat

sabre-toothed tigers

plural form of sabre-toothed tiger

saber-toothed tiger

{i} wild cat (now extinct animal) with long curving upper canine teeth that lived in the Oligocene and Pleistocene periods

saber-toothed tiger

any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene

sabre toothed tiger

{i} tiger with teeth that resemble sabers

Расстановка переносов

sabre-toothed ti-ger

Синонимы

sabre-tooth