saber-toothed tiger

noun

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

First recorded in 1840–50

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.

But the man of old might as well have tried to escape from the jaws of the saber-toothed tiger.

Dick felt like a primitive man who knew that he was being stalked by a saber-toothed tiger through the dense forest.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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