Fangtooth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A beryciform fish of the monotypic family Anoplogastridae, with long sharp teeth.
  2. 2
    fang (kind of tooth) archaic

Etymology

From Middle English *fangtooth (“fang, canine”), from Old English fengtōþ, from feng (“grasping, capture”) + tōþ (“tooth”). In the name of the fish perhaps a new compound of fang (abbreviation of the former) + tooth.

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