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smilodon

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smi·lo·don  (sml-dn)
n.
Any of the large saber-toothed tigers of the genus Smilodon, widely distributed during the Pleistocene Epoch.
[New Latin Smlodn, genus name : Greek sml, carving knife + -odon.]
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Commonly called the sabertoothed tiger, Smilodon fatalis was a large predatory cat that roamed North and South America about 1.
Male sabertoothed cats were pussycats in comparison to macho lions by Asian News International
You mean like woolly mammoths and Smilodon, the saber-toothed tiger?
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Smilodon fatalis, often erroneously called tigers, didn't have jaws strong enough to suffocate their victims as modern big cats do.
Just a quick bite by Williams, S. / Science News
 
 
 
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