Definition of Sabre-toothed

1. Adjective. Having teeth that resemble sabers. "A saber-toothed tiger"

Exact synonyms: Saber-toothed, Sabertoothed
Similar to: Toothed

Definition of Sabre-toothed

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to prehistoric creatures with savage teeth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabre-toothed

sabotagers
sabotages
sabotaging
saboteur
saboteurs
sabotier
sabotiers
sabots
sabra
sabrage
sabras
sabre
sabre-rattling
sabre-tooth
sabre-toothed (current term)
sabre-toothed cat
sabre-toothed tiger
sabre-toothed tigers
sabre-tooths
sabre rattling
sabre saw
sabrebill
sabred
sabrelike
sabres
sabretache
sabretaches
sabretasche
sabretasches

Literary usage of Sabre-toothed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"sabre-toothed Tiger.—Conclusion. NOT only are there good reasons against the acceptance of the exclusive operation of " Natural Selection " as the one means ..."

2. The Evolution of Life, Or, Causes of Change in Animal Forms: A Study in Biology by Hubbard Winslow Mitchell (1891)
"... bears, lions, tigers, sabre-toothed tiger—Development of a retractile claw—Dun color of skin—Birds—Dinornis— Rodents— Formation of rivers— ..."

3. The Evolution of Life by Hubbard Winslow Mitchell (1891)
"... bears, lions, tigers, sabre-toothed tiger—Development of a retractile claw—Dun color of skin—Birds—Dinornis— Rodents— Formation of rivers— ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The term 'sabre- toothed tiger' designates particularly ... In England the sabre-toothed tigers are known to have been contemporaneous with cave man. ..."

5. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"The sabre-toothed tiger was diminishing towards extinction. Then, as the air chilled, the hippopotamus, and then other warmth- loving creatures, ..."

6. The Early Cave-men by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp (1904)
"The Irish deer, the big-nosed rhinoceros, the mammoth, the straight-tusked elephant, the cave-bear, and the sabre-toothed felis were survivals of an earlier ..."

7. Report and Transactions (1880)
"... least before Adam sinned . . . man was associated with a creature possessing the formidable weapons of offence characteristic of the sabre-toothed bear. ..."

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