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Noun: sabretooth  'sey-bu(r),tooth
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: sabertooth)
  1. 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 sabretooths have been found on multiple continents";
    - saber-toothed tiger [N. Amer], sabertooth [N. Amer], sabre-toothed tiger [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: sabretooths

Type of: big cat, cat

Encyclopedia: Sabretooth