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sabre-toothed_tiger

sabre-toothed tiger

English

Fossil of a sabre-toothed tiger, Smilodon californicus.

Alternative forms

saber-toothed tiger

Noun

sabre-toothed tiger ‎(plural sabre-toothed tigers)

Any of numerous species of extinct cat-like mammals, of the Machairodontinae subfamily of the Felidae.

Synonyms

Translations

prehistoric cat

Arabic: نِمْر ذُو صَابِر أَسْنَان m ‎(nimr ḏū ṣābir ʾasnān), نِمْرَة ذَات صَابِر أَسْنَان f ‎(nimra(t) ḏāt ṣābir ʾasnān)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劍齒虎 (zh), 剑齿虎 (zh) ‎(jiànchǐhǔ)
Danish: sabelkat c
Esperanto: smilodonto
Finnish: sapelihammastiikeri
French: tigre à dents de sabre (fr) m
German: Säbelzahntiger (de) m, Säbelzahnkatze f
Japanese: 剣歯虎 (ja) ‎(けんしこ, kenshiko)

Korean: 검치호 ‎(geomchiho) (劍齒虎)
Norwegian: sabeltanntiger m, sabeltannkatt m
Polish: tygrys szablozębny m
Portuguese: tigre-dente-de-sabre m
Russian: саблезу́бая ко́шка f ‎(sablezúbaja kóška) (lit.: sabre-toothed cat), саблезу́бый тигр (ru) m ‎(sablezúbyj tigr)
Spanish: diente de sable m
Swedish: sabeltandad tiger c

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