false saber-toothed tiger

false saber-toothed tiger
noun
North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
Hypernyms: ↑saber-toothed tiger, ↑sabertooth
Member Holonyms: ↑Nimravus, ↑genus Nimravus

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