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  • adjective resembling a fang

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Examples

  • "I encountered this Colnago, it's fang-like bars poised"

    Hitting the Road: Unhooking the BRA BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Shortly after spotting the police officer with a nose for news, an indifference to crime, and a disdain for attentive driving, I encountered this Colnago, its fang-like bars poised to inject any would-be thieves with deadly venom:

    Hitting the Road: Unhooking the BRA BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • The female sports small eyes, a chin barbel, and long fang-like teeth, which are used for catching its primary food item - other fishes.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • The female sports small eyes, a chin barbel, and long fang-like teeth, which are used for catching its primary food item - other fishes.

    What The Hell Am I? 2007

  • The hilt of the smaller sword, a fang-like wakizashi, was brilliant even in the gloomy fog, a sea of small sapphires upon which tiny ships of gold rode an endless tide.

    Mini-interview: C.L. Werner | 2009

  • But truth be told, this little guy, Nereis virens, has a fang-like jaw that, in addition to helping it burrow into sediment, could serve as a model for a new class of super-strong, lightweight materials.

    Material World: New materials Tracy Staedter 2008

  • But truth be told, this little guy, Nereis virens, has a fang-like jaw that, in addition to helping it burrow into sediment, could serve as a model for a new class of super-strong, lightweight materials.

    Material World: July 2008 Tracy Staedter 2008

  • But truth be told, this little guy, Nereis virens, has a fang-like jaw that, in addition to helping it burrow into sediment, could serve as a model for a new class of super-strong, lightweight materials.

    Material World: Marine Worm Jaws Inspire New Aerospace Materials Tracy Staedter 2008

  • Nigerpeton ricglesi had rounded noses, with small eyes and both small and large fang-like teeth.

    Science, Technology, Politics 2005

  • A while back, I reported on a study of pycnogonids, the sea spiders, that appeared to show that that might not be the case: on the basis of neural organization and innervation, that study showed that the way pycnogonid chelifores a pair of large, fang-like structures at the front of the head were innervated suggested that they were homologous to great appendages.

    Chelifores, chelicerae, and invertebrate evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2006

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