plural Fang or Fangs also Fan or Fans
1
: a member of a Bantu-speaking people of northern Gabon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and southern Cameroon
2
: the language of the Fang people
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Tarantulas have a pair of large fangs, which usually leave visible marks.
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Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Tombstone, a crime boss who is both bulletproof and has pointed fangs for teeth, has been featured in previous Spider-Man iterations, including Into the Spider-Verse, where he was voiced by rapper Krondon.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 21 Aug. 2025
Vlad was born in Transylvania, a region in central Romania that has since become synonymous with bloodsucking, fake fangs, and all kinds of content and merchandise, from billion-dollar Hollywood franchises to kinky Halloween costumes.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
The Padres, now with more fangs in their Cerberus of a bullpen, also won to maintain a six-game lead over the Giants for the final wild-card spot.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
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Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Tombstone, a crime boss who is both bulletproof and has pointed fangs for teeth, has been featured in previous Spider-Man iterations, including Into the Spider-Verse, where he was voiced by rapper Krondon.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 21 Aug. 2025
Vlad was born in Transylvania, a region in central Romania that has since become synonymous with bloodsucking, fake fangs, and all kinds of content and merchandise, from billion-dollar Hollywood franchises to kinky Halloween costumes.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
The Padres, now with more fangs in their Cerberus of a bullpen, also won to maintain a six-game lead over the Giants for the final wild-card spot.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Fang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fang. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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fang
noun1
a
: a long sharp tooth: as
(1)
: one by which an animal's prey is seized and held or torn
(2)
: one of the long hollow or grooved and often erectile teeth of a venomous snake
b
: one of a spider's chelicerae at the tip of which a poison gland opens
2
: the root of a tooth or one of the processes or prongs into which a root divides
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