Meanings
adjectivesabre-toothed (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving massive curved upper canine teeth.
One such was Eusmilus, a sabre-toothed killer known as a nimravid.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 87
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving teeth that resemble sabers
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian саблезъб
- саблезъб (sablezăb)having massive curved upper canine teeth
Finnish sapelihampainen
- sapelihampainenhaving massive curved upper canine teeth
German Säbelzahn-
- Säbelzahn-having massive curved upper canine teeth
Russian саблезу́бый
- саблезу́бый (sablezúbyj)having massive curved upper canine teeth
Swedish sabeltandad
- sabeltandadhaving massive curved upper canine teeth
Turkish kılıç dişli
- kılıç dişlihaving massive curved upper canine teeth
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