Definition of Nimravus

1. Noun. False sabertoothed tigers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Nimravus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Felidae, Felidae
Member holonyms: False Saber-toothed Tiger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nimravus

Nile crocodile
Nile green
Nile perch
Nilgiri Hills
Nilo-
Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharan language
Niloscope
Niloscopes
Nilotic
Nilotic language
Nilphamari District
Nilsson
Nimbari
Nimitz
Nimravus
Nimrod
Nimrods
Nimzo-Indian
Nina
Nina Ross
Nina from Carolina
Nineveh
Ningal
Ningbo
Ningirsu
Ningishzida
Ningxia
Ninhursag
Ninib

Literary usage of Nimravus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of by University of California (1868-1952) (1910)
"4, and text-figure 15, there is a mixture of the characters of Archae- 30 nimravus. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., Aug. 12, 1879, pp. 169 and 174. ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"This genus has five toes upon the hind-feet, and was probably plantigrade. It had retractile claws. In the genus nimravus the dental formula is still ..."

3. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"The genus nimravus^Fig. 184, C) is still more like the modern cats in the general ... nimravus is found in the Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene of North ..."

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