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Definition of sabretooth noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sabretooth

noun

/ˈseɪbətuːθ/

/ˈseɪbərtuːθ/

(US English sabertooth)

(also sabre-toothed tiger)

(US English saber-toothed tiger)

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a large animal of the cat family with two very long curved upper teeth, that lived thousands of years ago and is now extinct
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Sabretooth is used before these nouns:
tiger
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