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- noun
sabre-toothed cat /sabre-toothed tiger
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Examples
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Popularly known as the sabretooth tiger, Smilodon evolved into several subspecies, the largest of which grew to 880 pounds, which is some big kitty.
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The only other carnivore as abundant as the sabretooth was a giant wolf.
VIII. Primeval Man; and the Horse, the Lion, and the Elephant 1916
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But things go amiss when they discover that the device is already spoken for … and not even the swarthy KA-ZAR or his sabretooth sidekick ZABU have been able to intervene!
Marvel Solicitations for January 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Yes, it might help you run from the sabretooth, but you end up running smack dab into the * other* sabretooth you didn't see sneaking around behind you.
The President says now is not the time to panic. Rincewind would probably disagree 2009
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Desert dinner convo with a giant leads to a search for a dead king's tomb, and a monster cave sabretooth.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Two Suns Setting - Karl Edward Wagner Blue Tyson 2008
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Desert dinner convo with a giant leads to a search for a dead king's tomb, and a monster cave sabretooth.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Kane - Night Winds 2 Two Suns Setting Blue Tyson 2008
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Desert dinner convo with a giant leads to a search for a dead king's tomb, and a monster cave sabretooth.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Night Winds - Karl Edward Wagner Blue Tyson 2008
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My favorite moment is near the end where the camera films Frazetta tenderly drawing a sabretooth tiger with his left hand.
San Antonio Remembers Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) | Missions Unknown 2010
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Desert dinner convo with a giant leads to a search for a dead king's tomb, and a monster cave sabretooth.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Kane - 5 Night Winds Blue Tyson 2008
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Another problem would be where to introduce that coveted sabretooth tiger without upsetting whatever fragile balance is already in place.
To Err Is Human, to Forgive...Human Heather McDougal 2007
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