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.]
smilodon
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smi·lo·don (smī'lə-dŏn')  |
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