saber-toothed cat

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cat
noun[C]
uk
/kæt/us
/kæt/
a small animal with fur, four legs, a tail, and claws, usually kept as a pet or for ...
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(Definition ofcatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This repose, however, is disrupted by the attack of asaber-toothedcat.
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In this fantasy version of the past, dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, woolly mammoths, and other long-extinct animals co-exist with cavemen.
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Others had moderately increased canines in a more intermediate relationship between the saber-toothed cats and felids.
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As indicated by high instances of broken teeth, the biotic environment of saber-toothed cats was one marked by intense competition.
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Brain points out, the saber-toothed cats had a greatly reduced coronoid process and therefore a disadvantageously weak bite.
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Many forms such as saber-toothed cats, mammoths, mastodons, glyptodonts, etc., became extinct worldwide.
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Bonecrackers are exemplified by hyenas and saber-toothed cats, while bamboo eaters are primarily the giant panda and the red panda.
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New research published in 2013 took a different approach to elucidating the evolutionary relationships of saber-toothed cats.
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Sometimes, other carnivorous mammals with elongated teeth are also called saber-toothed cats, although they do not belong to the felids.
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Before their discovery, all known saber-toothed cats fell into two general categories.
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Saber-toothed cats, woolly mammoths, mastodons, and dire wolves roamed the land.
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However, the precise functional advantage of the saber-toothed cat's bite, particularly in relation to prey size, is a mystery.
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Unfortunately, there are few postcranial skeletons of saber-toothed cats preserved, so available phylogenetic characters are largely cranial.
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Despite the name, not all animals known as saber-toothed cats were closely related to modern felines.
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These fishes are named for their oversized, recurved palatine teeth, similar to those of saber-toothed cats.
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Machairodontines are medium to large sized saber-toothed cats that would reach a size slightly larger than today's lions.
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