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Fang  (fng, fäng, fä)

n. pl. Fang or Fangs

1. A member of a people inhabiting Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.

2. The Bantu language of the Fang.

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fang  (fng)

n.

1. Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.

2. Any of the canine teeth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.

3. A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth.

4. The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.

5. A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.

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[Middle English, booty, spoils, something seized, from Old English; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

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fanged adj.

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fang

Noun

1. the long pointed tooth of a poisonous snake through which poison is injected

2. the canine tooth of a meat-eating mammal [Old English: what is caught, prey]

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fang  (fng)

A long, pointed tooth in vertebrate animals or a similar structure in spiders, used to seize prey and sometimes to inject venom. The fangs of a poisonous snake, for example, have a hollow groove through which venom flows.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Fang - a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
	2.	fang - an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs toxicognath - either of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede appendage, extremity, member - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
	3.	fang - canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey canine, canine tooth, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth, dogtooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
	4.	fang - hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

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fang

noun tooth, tusk

Translations

fang [fæŋ] n → colmillo

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fang [fæŋ] n → croc m [of snake]; crochet m

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fang [fæŋ] n (tooth) → Fang m: (of snake) → Giftzahn m

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fang [fæŋ] n → zanna; [of snake] → dente m

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fang

n fang [fӕŋ]

1 a long pointed tooth especially of a fierce animal The wolf bared its fangs. slagtand, hoektand, oogtand ناب الحَيوان зъб tesák hugtand der Fangzahn μακρύ και μυτερό δόντι colmillo kihv دندان نیش torahammas croc שֵׁן חַדָה दांत, नुकीले दांत zub derač agyar taring vígtönn zanna 牙 송곳니 iltis ilknis gigi taring slagtand hoggtann kieł presa colţ клык tesák (zvierat) čekan očnjak huggtand เขี้ยวสัตว์ uzun sivri diş (犬，狼等的)尖牙/犬齒 ікло کسی وحشی جانور کے نکیلے دانت răng nanh （犬，狼等的）尖牙；犬齿

2 the poison-tooth of a snake. giftand ناب الأفْعى отровен зъб jedovatý zub (hada) hugtand der Giftzahn δόντι φιδιού που περιέχει δηλητήριο colmillo mürgihammas نیش myrkkyhammas crochet שֵׁן אֶרֶס विषैला दांत zmijski zub méregfog taring berbisa höggtönn dente 毒牙 독니, 독아(毒牙) geluonis (čūskas) indes zobs taring berbisa giftand gifttann jadowity ząb presa dinte cu venin ядовитый зуб jedový zub (zmije) strupnik zmijski zub gifttand เขี้ยวพิษของงู zehirli diş (蛇的)毒牙 отруйний зуб سانپ کا ڈنک răng nọc （蛇的）毒牙