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