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fang
(faŋ)
noun
- one of the long, pointed teeth with which meat-eating animals seize and tear their prey; canine tooth
- one of the long, hollow or grooved teeth through which poisonous snakes inject their venom
- the root of a tooth
- 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:
- fanged adjective
See fang in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects its poison.
- Any of the canine teeth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.
- A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth.
- The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.
- 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
.Related Forms:
- fanged fanged adjective
noun pl. Fang Fang or Fangs
- A member of a people inhabiting Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.
- The Bantu language of the Fang.
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