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saber-toothed tiger

American  

noun

  1. any of several extinct members of the cat family Felidae from the Oligocene to Pleistocene Epochs, having greatly elongated, saberlike upper canine teeth.

Etymology

Origin of saber-toothed tiger

First recorded in 1840–50

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