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Definition of Nimravus
1. Noun. False sabertoothed tigers.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Felidae, Felidae
Member holonyms: False Saber-toothed Tiger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nimravus
Literary usage of Nimravus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of by University of California (1868-1952) (1910)
"4, and text-figure 15, there is a mixture of the characters of Archae- 30 nimravus.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., Aug. 12, 1879, pp. 169 and 174. ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"This genus has five toes upon the hind-feet, and was probably plantigrade.
It had retractile claws. In the genus nimravus the dental formula is still ..."
3. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"The genus nimravus^Fig. 184, C) is still more like the modern cats in the general
... nimravus is found in the Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene of North ..."
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