false saber-toothed tiger

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   North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon

   Broadersaber-toothed tiger

   Part ofNimravus

Questions about false saber-toothed tiger

What does false saber-toothed tiger mean?

false saber-toothed tiger means "North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon".

Is false saber-toothed tiger a common word?

false saber-toothed tiger is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.