fangs

Noun

fang (plural fangs)

1. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
   • The warrior realized in an instant that he owed his life to this strange white man, and he also saw that only a miracle could save his preserver from those fierce yellow fangs that had been so near to his own flesh.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 123

   Synonyms:

   fangtooth

2. (obsolete) Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.

   Synonyms:

   mandible

3. A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
4. A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
5. (colloquial) Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.

   Synonyms:

   tooth, particularly in humans

6. Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.

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