smilodon

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noun

Any member of the extinct genus Smilodon, the saber-toothed tigers.

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Meanings

nounsmilodon (plural smilodons)

plural smilodons

  1. Any member of the extinct genus Smilodon, the saber-toothed tigers.

    From the sound of the smilodon’s roar, I knew he was far off.

    1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XX, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 180

Origin

From the genus name Smilodon.

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APA

smilodon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smilodon

MLA

“smilodon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smilodon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smilodon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smilodon.

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