Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "sabertooth" tana nufin babban dabbar dabbar dabbar dabbar da ta rayu a zamanin Pleistocene kuma tana da dogon hakoransa masu lanƙwasa. Ana amfani da kalmar "sabertooth" musamman ga jinsin Smilodon na kuliyoyi na saber-toothed, waɗanda suka kasance masu cin zarafi na lokacinsu kuma suna farautar ganima kamar mammoths da bison. Sunan "sabertooth" ya fito ne daga hakoran dabbar da suka bambanta, wanda zai iya girma har zuwa inci 7 kuma an yi amfani da su don kai mummunan cizo ga ganima.