nimravid

/ˌnɪmˈreɪvɪd/

Etymology

From translingual Nimravidae, ultimately from Nimrod + Latin avus (“ancestor”).

noun

  1. Any of the large extinct feliforms of the family Nimravidae, of the Middle to Late Miocene (40—7 million years ago).“The earliest nimravids, Dinictis and Hoplophoneus of western North America, were already saber-toothed, with large, serrated, and laterally compressed upper canine teeth and a protective bony flange on the mandible.”