Eusmilus

noun

Eu·​smi·​lus

yüˈsmīləs

: a genus of large North American and Eurasian saber-toothed cats (family Nimravidae) of the Eocene and Oligocene having extremely elongated canines and weak jaw muscles

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from eu- + -smilus (from Greek smilē carving knife)

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