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saber-toothed tiger

saber·toothed tiger

saber-toothed tiger

 
pronunciation:
seI br tutht taI gr
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part of speech: noun
definition: a large wild cat with very long teeth curving from its upper jaw. Saber-toothed tigers were carnivores that hunted the young of mammoths and other large animals. The last kinds of saber-toothed tigers became extinct over ten thousand years ago. Modern tigers are not related to saber-toothed tigers.
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