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smilodon

smilodon noun: any member of the extinct genus Smilodon, the saber-toothed tigers.

Noun

smilodon (plural smilodons)

  1. Any member of the extinct genus Smilodon, the saber-toothed tigers.
    • From the sound of the smilodon’s roar, I knew he was far off.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XX, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 180

Forms of smilodon

pluralsmilodons

Origin of smilodon

From the genus name Smilodon.

Questions about smilodon

What does smilodon mean?
Smilodon means any member of the extinct genus Smilodon, the saber-toothed tigers.
What part of speech is smilodon?
Smilodon is a noun.
What is the plural of smilodon?
The plural of smilodon is smilodons.

Words near smilodon in the dictionary

  1. smilingness
  2. smilings
  3. smilish
  4. Smillie
  5. Smillies
  6. smilodon
  7. smilodons
  8. smilodontine
  9. smilodontines
  10. smilt
  11. smily

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