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fang-like

fang-like

7.0
Pointed and sharp like a long animal tooth
  • adjective
  • /fæŋ-laɪk/
translation icon : en forma de colmillo
  • The animal has fang-like upper incisors, which are useless for gnawing.

Examples

  • Goddess Kali's statue stands naked astride the inanimate body of the Hindu deity Shiva, tongue stuck out with blood dripping from fang-like teeth.

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  • Kali's statue stands naked astride the inanimate body of the Hindu deity Shiva, tongue stuck out with blood dripping from fang-like teeth.

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  • The animal has fang-like upper incisors, which are useless for gnawing.

  • Kali's statue stands naked astride the inanimate body of the Hindu deity Shiva, tongue stuck out with blood dripping from fang-like teeth.

  • Goddess Kali's statue stands naked astride the inanimate body of the Hindu deity Shiva, tongue stuck out with blood dripping from fang-like teeth.

Synonyms

fanged
vsfang-like
3 5.8

An animal or person with long sharp teeth for biting

is about appearance rather than actual possession of biting teeth
fangy
vsfang-like
1 5.9

Having a long, narrow shape with a sharp point like a tooth

is about resemblance rather than actually having pointed teeth

How Pointed

needlelike
1 4.9
fang-like
7.0
pointed
1 1.8
blunt
109 1.0

Surface Forms

fang-like positive

Morphology

fang-like = fang (transparent) = fang + like

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-like' added to 'fang', so the meaning 'resembling a fang' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Fang-like comes from fang, an old word meaning 'long, sharp tooth', and the ending -like means 'similar to', as in childlike. So fang-like describes something that looks or points like a sharp tooth.