saber-toothed tiger
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saber-toothed tiger
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Emojis, Disney characters, cigarettes and more pile up in humorous scenes that include a saber-toothed tiger driving a dune buggy and a pair of corvids fighting over a worm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Other natural history items up for auction on Thursday include a complete T-rex rooted tooth, which sold for just over $100,000, a Triceratops skull, which sold for $661,500, and a saber-toothed tiger skull.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022
But if you need to hunt for new shags or Berbers, you may find it’s as challenging as taking down a saber-toothed tiger.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2019
These newer stories exploit the expectations of innocence that we bring with us to the series, only to repeatedly pull the saber-toothed tiger pelt out from under our feet, sending us sprawling.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2017
As Annabeth watched, Small Bob began to grow, his form flickering until the little kitten had become a full-sized, translucent skeletal saber-toothed tiger.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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