any of the clawlike structures around the mouth of a spider
a tooth by which an animal's prey is seized and held or torn
any of the long hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake
any of the clawlike structures around the mouthpart of a spider
a projecting tooth or prong
the root of a tooth or any of the prongs into which a root divides
fanged adj
fangless adj
Old English fang booty, plunder, from Old Norse fang capture, grasp; the Old Norse meaning is recorded in English from the 14th to the 17th cent. Current senses probably came from the idea of something that grips, grasps, or snags