fang
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fang
(fang),1. A long tooth or tusk, usually a canine.
2. The hollow tooth of a snake through which the venom is ejected.
[A.S. fōhan, to seize]
fang
(fang)1. a large canine tooth of a carnivore.
2. the envenomed tooth of a snake.
fang
(făng)n.
1. Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects venom.
2. A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.
3. The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.
4. A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.
fanged adj.
fang
1. a sharp or pointed tooth.
2. a root of a tooth.
fang hole
see dental star.