Noun: sabertooth 'sey-bur,tooth
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: sabretooth)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: sabretooth)
- Any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
"Fossils of sabertooths have been found on multiple continents";
- saber-toothed tiger [N. Amer], sabre-toothed tiger [Brit, Cdn], sabretooth [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: sabertooths
Encyclopedia: Sabertooth