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SMILEDON CALIFORNICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Smiledon californicus mean?
• SMILEDON CALIFORNICUS (noun)
The noun SMILEDON CALIFORNICUS has 1 sense:
1. North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development
Familiarity information: SMILEDON CALIFORNICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SMILEDON CALIFORNICUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Smiledon californicus" is a kind of...):
saber-toothed tiger; sabertooth (any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene)
Holonyms ("Smiledon californicus" is a member of...):
genus Smiledon; Smiledon (saber-toothed tigers)
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