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fang

fang \'fan\ \'fand\ n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG fang seizure, OE fo-n to 
   seize - more] at PACT 1a: a long sharp tooth : as  1a1: one by which an 
   animal's prey is seized and held or torn  1a2: one of the long hollow or 
   grooved and often erectile teeth of a venomo us snake 1b: one of the 
   chelicerae of a spider at the tip of which a poison gland op ens 2: the 
   root of a tooth or one of the processes or prongs into which a root  
   divides 3: a projecting tooth or prong  - fanged aj