Definition of: fang

(fang) noun
1. A long pointed tooth or tusk by which an animal seizes, holds, or tears its prey, as the canine tooth of a boar or dog.
2. One of the long, curved, hollow or grooved, usually erectile teeth with which a venomous serpent injects its poison into its victim.
3. One of various pointed or incurved objects, organs, or devices, especially for clutching or holding fast, as the root of a tooth or the claw or talon of a bird.
—v.t.
1. Obs. To seize or take hold of.
2. To sink fangs into. [OE fang catching, seizing]
—fanged (fangd) adjective
—fang′less adjective
—fang′like′ adjective
FANGS OF THE RATTLESNAKE
A. Fang and accompanying bones: ƒ. fang; a. external pterygoid; b. internal pterygoid; c. palatal; d. superior maxillary; e. lacrimal. B. Muscles related to the venom gland and fang: f. fang; a. anterior temporal muscles; b. internal pterygoid; c. venom gland; d. the fang, half erected; e. point where the venom enters the channel of the fang.