saber-toothed

American  

[sey-ber-tootht] / ˈseɪ bərˌtuθt /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of saber-toothed

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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

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

In 2020, a group of explorers looking for mammoth tusks in eastern Siberia made a surprising discovery – the mummy of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 20, 2024

In a study published this week in Scientific Reports, researchers describe the frozen body of a saber-toothed kitten preserved for 37,000 years in the Siberian permafrost.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 15, 2024

"Do you remember what it used to be like, back in the Ice Age, when the glaciers covered the earth and the saber-toothed tiger roamed the frozen night?"

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick