scimitar cat

noun

noun

A sabre-toothed cat of the subtribe Homotherini, having distinctive serrated upper canines.

Scimitar cats had a sloping back like a spotted hyena and were probably excellent runners.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 107:

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