1. any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene; [syn: saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
saber-toothed tiger
n 1: any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having
long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene
through the Pleistocene [syn: saber-toothed tiger,
sabertooth]