n.
Any of the large saber-toothed tigers of the genus Smilodon, widely distributed during the Pleistocene Epoch.
[New Latin Smīlodōn, genus name : Greek smīlē, carving knife + -ODON.]
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smi·lo·don (smī'lə-dŏn')
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[New Latin Smīlodōn, genus name : Greek smīlē, carving knife + -ODON.]
| saber-toothed tiger | |
| extinction (in biology) | |
| Smilodontini |
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