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🦷 A sharp tooth 🕷️ A pointed part 🐺 To bite hard
fang

fang

4 4.9
A sharp pointed part on animals like spiders or scorpions that injects venom
  • noun
  • /fæŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : quelícero
  • The spitter's fangs move from side to side as it fires!
  • fang sheath
  • fang penetration

The legs and hands and the fangs.

Examples

  • But a spider lands on his back and sinks its fangs into his spine.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The silk they produce behaves as a glue and is ejected through their fangs.

    Blog text (4)

  • Let the fangs do the work for you.

    Mimesis: Nosferatu (2018)

  • So I made the fangs a little bigger.

    The Great Outdoors (1988)

  • A jumping spider lands on Randy's back, piercing him with its fangs and throwing him to the ground.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Gamay bent forward to slap a bug that had sunk its fangs into her calf.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The snake's fangs glistened in the sunlight as it prepared to strike.

  • When the spider bit her, its fangs penetrated her skin with ease.

  • The scorpion brandished its sharp fangs, ready to defend itself against the threat.

Synonyms

toxicognath
vsfang
  • Specialized
9.9

A pair of front legs on a centipede that act like poison fangs

is a general venomous pointed appendage across various arthropods not specific to centipedes
chelicera
vsfang
  • Specialized
9.9

A small part near the mouth of spiders and scorpions that holds and pierces prey

is usually evolved from legs rather than from the mouth area

Compounds

Fang language
9.9

A language spoken mainly in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon

Surface Forms

fang singular
fangs plural

Etymology

Fang is also used for a pointed biting part of some insects and spiders and comes from the same old root fangan meaning 'to catch'. That explains why an insect fang is a sharp, leg-like part that can grab or inject venom into prey.