fang
A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
Other meanings
A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
A kind of
- appendage
Word history
From Old English "fengtōþ" (molar tooth).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fang” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.