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.
saber-toothed tigers
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pluralof saber-toothed tiger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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It had evolved to specialize in hunting megafauna — oversized, cold-tolerant, plant-eating mammals like mammoths and giant sloths and saber-toothed tigers.
From Salon ● May 15, 2025
Thankfully, we modern humans don’t have to evade saber-toothed tigers or remember which berries are poisonous, yet our negativity bias remains, which generally does not serve us well today.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
“If it had eyes, it would have gazed out at saber-toothed tigers and mastodons,” said Norman Ellsrand, distinguished professor of botany at UC Riverside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Along with nearly 40 other species of megafauna, from saber-toothed tigers and mammoths to camels, they were wiped out by hunting, climate change, or both.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2023
Like saber-toothed tigers, giant wolves, and bears twice as big as today’s grizzlies.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
