smilodon

smilodon
\\ˈsmīləˌdän\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek smilē woodcarving knife + New Latin -odon — more at smith
: a New World genus of Pleistocene saber-toothed tigers attaining the size of tigers and having upper canines that extend 7 inches or more below the lower jaw and a gape of fully 90 degrees

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/smuy"leuh don'/, n.
any of several saber-toothed cats of the extinct genus Smilodon, that ranged from California through most of South America during the Pleistocene Epoch and had upper canine teeth more than 6 in. (15 cm) long. See illus. under saber-toothed tiger.
[ < NL (1842) < Gk smíl(e) knife + -odon -toothed, having teeth (see -ODONT)]

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smilodon /smīˈlə-don/
noun
A member of an extinct genus (Smilodon) of large, short-limbed, sabre-toothed tigers which inhabited the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch
ORIGIN: LL, from Gr smilē a knife, and odous, odontos a tooth

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