noun
Meaning 1
A sabertooth tiger
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Standard Lemma guide
sabertooth
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noun
Meaning 2
Any animal with saber-like teeth, such as the saber-toothed cat or saber-toothed tiger
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 3
any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: saber-toothed tiger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: big cat, cat
Narrower terms: Smiledon californicus, false saber-toothed tiger
History
Etymology
Bahuvrihi compound of saber + tooth