"sabre-toothed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sabre-toothed (not comparable)
  1. Having massive curved upper canine teeth. Tags: not-comparable Hypernyms: toothed Related terms: sabre-toothed cat, sabre-toothed tiger Translations (having massive curved upper canine teeth): саблезъб (sablezǎb) (Bulgarian), sapelihampainen (Finnish), Säbelzahn- (German), саблезу́бый (sablezúbyj) (Russian), sabeltandad (Swedish), kılıç dişli (Turkish)

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