smiledon californicus

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   North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development

   Broadersaber-toothed tiger

   Part ofSmiledon

Questions about smiledon californicus

What does smiledon californicus mean?

smiledon californicus means "North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development".

Is smiledon californicus a common word?

smiledon californicus 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.