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sabertooth

sa·ber·tooth

uncommon us

noun

1.

any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene

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Origin

Bahuvrihi compound of saber + tooth

Phrases

  • sabertooth fish

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