saber-toothed

[ sey-ber-tootht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

First recorded in 1840–50

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

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

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

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

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

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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