saber-toothed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of saber-toothed
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Skeletal replicas of the terrifying mosasaur, a Komodo Dragon relative with a six-foot jaw; the saber-toothed salmon; and other extinct species greet visitors in the museum’s entrance hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2025
Homotherium was the last kind of saber-toothed cat known to have existed.
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
The shrub-like oak tree has been a fixture of the landscape since mastodons and saber-toothed cats last roamed Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024
He’d planted saber-toothed tiger teeth by mistake, and raised a batch of skeleton kittens from the soil.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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