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- adjective Alternative form of
sabre-toothed .
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Examples
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Among the carnivores only the walrus has real tusks, but those are of course not comparable to those of sabretoothed cats.
BoarCroc James Gurney 2010
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Most famous are of course the sabretoothed cats like Smilodon, but there were also large carnivorous mammals like Thylacosmilis which evolved huge sabre-canines.
BoarCroc James Gurney 2010
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Other denizens of this world of marsh and forest would have included sabretoothed cats, flesh-eating birds and armadillos.
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Instead, the researchers believe it followed other large predators which lived at the same time, such as sabretoothed cats, and stole their kills, or used carrion-eating birds such as vultures to home in on carcasses.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The sabretoothed cats killed prey with a deep stabbing bite to the throat The mystery of how prehistoric sabretoothed cats coped with their oversized teeth has been solved in part by a new analysis of the cats' jaws.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The hyena may have followed other predators, such as sabretoothed cats
BBC News - Home 2011
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To impale prey with these impressive weapons, the famous sabretoothed cats must have opened their mouths wider than any modern big cat, but it was unclear if their jaw muscles were strong enough to do it.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The study also looked back at the earliest and most primitive sabretoothed animals.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Beautifully preserved skeletons of the most recently extinct sabretoothed cat
BBC News - Home 2011
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In turn, he would have been hunted by sabretoothed cats and hyenas.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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