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Fang

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Noun

1. fang

a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon

2. fang

an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs

3. fang

canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey

4. fang

hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fang

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noun
1. 
the long pointed hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake through which venom is injected
2. 
any large pointed tooth, esp the canine or carnassial tooth of a carnivorous mammal
3. 
the root of a tooth
4. (usually plural) British informal
tooth
clean your fangs
verb (intransitive)
1. 
to drive at great speed
noun
2. 
an act or instance of driving in such a way
we took the car for a fang
noun
1. Word forms: plural Fangs or Fang
a member of a people of W Africa, living chiefly in the rain forests of Gabon and Rio Muni: noted for their use of iron and copper money and for their sculpture
2. 
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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Fang

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noun
1. Word forms: plural Fang or Fangs
a member of an African people living in N Gabon, S Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea
2. 
the Bantu language of this people
noun
1. 
a. 
one of the long, pointed teeth with which meat-eating animals seize and tear their prey; canine tooth
b. 
one of the long, hollow or grooved teeth through which poisonous snakes inject their venom
c. 
the root of a tooth
2. 
the pointed part of something

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fang

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n. pl. Fang or Fangs
1. A member of a people inhabiting Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.
2. The Bantu language of the Fang.
n.
1. Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects venom.
2. A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.
3. The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.
4. A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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