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fang

/ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/ noun B2
  1. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
  2. A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
  3. A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
  4. Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans. (colloquial)
  5. Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.

Plural fangs

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It would be a sharp-eyed coroner, indeed, who could distinguish the two little dark punctures which would show where the poison fangs had done their work.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 69 · B2
In the middle of it rose two great stones, worn and sharpened at the upper end until they looked like the huge corroding fangs of some monstrous beast.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 95 · C1
Where are the marks of its fangs?
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 173 · C1

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