noun

1. 1. one of the long, pointed teeth with which meat-eating animals seize and tear their prey; canine tooth
   2. one of the long, hollow or grooved teeth through which poisonous snakes inject their venom
   3. the root of a tooth
2. the pointed part of something

Etymology: ME, that which is seized < OE < base of fon, to take, catch, akin to Ger fangen < IE base *pak, *pa, to fasten, tie > L pangere (see peace), Sans pá-, noose

noun

1. pl. Fang, Fangs a member of an African people living in N Gabon, S Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea
2. the Bantu language of this people