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scimitar-toothed cats

scimitar-toothed cats is the plural of scimitar-toothed cat.

Meaning of scimitar-toothed cat

Noun

scimitar-toothed cat (plural scimitar-toothed cats)

  1. Any of various species of extinct prehistoric cats of the tribe †Homotheriini.
    • Highly efficient hunters who used fire, the Neanderthals may have outcompeted both sabre-toothed and scimitar-toothed cats.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 212

Questions about scimitar-toothed cats

What is scimitar-toothed cats the plural of?
Scimitar-toothed cats is the plural of scimitar-toothed cat.

Words near scimitar-toothed cats in the dictionary

  1. scimitar syndrome
  2. scimitar-horned oryx
  3. scimitar-horned oryxes
  4. scimitar-toothed
  5. scimitar-toothed cat
  6. scimitar-toothed cats
  7. scimitar-toothed tiger
  8. scimitar-toothed tigers
  9. scimitar-winged piha
  10. scimitarbill
  11. scimitarbills

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