Wiktionary
alt. Any of numerous species of prehistoric cat-like mammals (principally in subfamily Machairodontinae), characterized by massive, but short, legs and two large canine teeth, each about seven inches long and shaped like sabers. n. Any of numerous species of prehistoric cat-like mammals (principally in subfamily Machairodontinae), characterized by massive, but short, legs and two large canine teeth, each about seven inches long and shaped like sabers.
WordNet
n. any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene [syn: sabertooth]
Usage examples of "saber-toothed tiger".
He was not afraid that the saber-toothed tiger would run away from him -- that was not Oo's way -- but he did not wish to come unexpectedly upon the animal in the thick grass.
Just beyond the elevator, its trunk swaying hugely above the saber-toothed tiger, stood a giant elephant with twelve-foot tusks.
Instead of holding a sword, she was thrusting a spear into what Pitt recognized as a saber-toothed tiger, an animal extinct for thousands of years.
But this time instead of a rabbit it had caught a saber-toothed tiger.
Over the years, ashes and dust had continued to settle, laying a smooth, lush carpet, over which my saber-toothed tiger had recently been wandering this way and that.
From a hill, a lone saber-toothed tiger crouched, only ear and eyes showing.
No sign of pursuit had developed, and von Horst thought it probable that the tribesmen had been so occupied with the saber-toothed tiger rampant among them that they had failed to notice the sudden departure of Old White and himself.
Gone also were the saber-toothed tiger, huge birds with twenty-five-foot wingspans and most other animals that weighed one hundred or more pounds, most dying by asphyxiation from the smoke and volcanic gases.
The leg re-formed itself into a defensive creature that looked like a pile of rags but had teeth and claws like a saber-toothed tiger's.