Definition of Smilodon. Meaning of Smilodon. Synonyms of Smilodon

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Definition of Smilodon

Smilodon
Smilodon Smi"lo*don, n. [Gr. ??? a carving knife + ???, ???, tooth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach?rodus.

Meaning of Smilodon from wikipedia

- Smilodon is an extinct genus of felids. It is one of the best known saber-toothed predators and prehistoric mammals. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed...
- Middle Miocene, with the last surviving species (belonging to the genera Smilodon and Homotherium) becoming extinct around Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition...
- One of the best-known genera is the machairodont or "saber-toothed cat" Smilodon, the species of which, especially S. fatalis, are po****rly referred to...
- possibly the ancestor of the famous American sabertooth Smilodon. In comparison to Smilodon it was somewhat smaller, around the size of a jaguar, though...
- surviving members of the subfamily alongside the more famous sabertooth Smilodon, to which it was not particularly closely related. It was a large cat,...
- based on different predators that lived in the Cenozoic era, including Smilodon and C. megalodon. The series investigated how such beasts hunted and fought...
- (Leguizamo), a loudmouthed ground sloth; and Diego (Leary), a sardonic smilodon—who come across a human baby and work together to return it to its tribe...
- approximately 10.3 million years. As the name suggests, the famous genus of Smilodon is part of this group, but there are also three other distinct genera in...
- is covered in ice and is protected by "The Guardian of the Shrine", a smilodon frozen in a block of ice. Zenobia orders Rafi to attack Melanthius and...
- gomphotheres, giant ground sloths, and toxodontids, to Smilodon po****tor and giant jaguars. Smilodon fatalis, Arctotherium bonariense, Canis nehringi, maned...