Noun: false saber-toothed tiger
- An extinct North American cat species from the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, representing an earlier and less specialized form than the later Smilodon
"The false sabre-toothed tiger represents an earlier evolutionary stage of sabre-toothed cats"
Derived forms: false saber-toothed tigers
Type of: sabertooth [N. Amer], saber-toothed tiger [N. Amer], sabretooth [Brit, Cdn], sabre-toothed tiger [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: genus Nimravus, Nimravus