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🐍 Without fangs 🦷 Harmless or weak
fangless

fangless

1 3.9
An animal without long pointed teeth that bite
  • adjective
  • /ˈfæŋləs/
: sin colmillos
  • Despite being fangless, the animal still posed a threat with its strong jaws.

Examples

  • The fangless lizard relies on camouflage rather than venom for protection.

  • Were spiders fangless and webless?

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  • This species of snake is fangless, making it harmless to humans.

Synonyms

untoothed
vsfangless
7.2

Having a smooth edge with no small sharp points

focuses on the lack of long pointed teeth rather than all teeth

Antonyms

toothed
25 3.7

Having teeth in the mouth for biting and chewing

How Sharp-Toothed

fanged
3 5.8
fangless
1 3.9
toothless
20 2.4

Surface Forms

fangless positive

Morphology

fangless = fang (transparent) = fang + less

The suffix '-less' clearly indicates the absence of 'fangs', making the meaning straightforward.

Etymology

Fangless comes from fang ('a long, pointed tooth') and the ending -less ('without'). So a fangless animal is literally 'without fangs' and is harmless because it cannot 'bite' or inject venom.