fang

(faŋ)

noun

    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
  1. the pointed part of something

Origin: 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

Related Forms:

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

See fang in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, booty, spoils, something seized

Origin: , from Old English; see pag- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

noun pl. Fang 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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