saber-toothed

[ sey-ber-tootht ]

adjective

1. having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.

Word History and Origins

Origin of saber-toothed¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Intent upon them, they paid no heed to their great enemy, the saber-toothed, with whom they were at endless and deadly feud.

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But this time instead of a rabbit it had caught a saber-toothed tiger.

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The saber-toothed tiger is far superior to the present animal.

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Like the dinosaur and the saber-toothed tiger, they have had their day.

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That would have been a good deal of a dinner, even for an emperor among saber-toothed tigers.

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