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back-fanged

adjective

Definition of back-fanged 

of a snake

: having grooved venom-conducting teeth located posteriorly in the roof of the mouth — compare front-fanged, opisthoglypha

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First Known Use of back-fanged

1923, in the meaning defined above

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