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n. pl.
A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.
a.
New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled.
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To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
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Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.
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Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
a.
Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.
n.
A trifle.
v. t.
Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
n. pl.
A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia.
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Quality of being fangled.
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A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.
v. t.
To fashion.
n.
The fang of a tooth.
a.
Destitute of fangs or tusks.
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A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.
n. pl.
A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides.
v. t.
Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
n.
A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.
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A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.
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Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.
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