fang
noun
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
fanglike
-
a word derived from
fang.
Example Sentences
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Unlike in the Sinai, where you’re surrounded by mountains soon after landing in Sharm el Sheikh, the mountains in this section of mainland Egypt seem more jagged and imposing, clustered into massifs with fanglike peaks.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
After the dozers’ demo job, an even larger machine would drag two massive, fanglike shanks that would rip open the ground in a checkerboard pattern, loosen soil and make room for growing tree roots.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
"Every time we send the net down," says Hubbs, "we come up with something never before seen on this coast: fish with telescopic eyes, long fanglike teeth, dragonlike appearance."
From Time Magazine Archive
Whenever the males competed with one another for females or were threatened, they would bare their fanglike canines.
From Time Magazine Archive
"So Mister One-Eye fitted y' out," he resumed, and his mouth lifted at one corner, showing a brown, fanglike tooth worn by his pipe stem.
From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Eleanor Gates
