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Fan"foot` (?), n. (Zoöl.)
(a) A species of gecko having the toes expanded
into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus
gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.
(b) Any moth of the genus
Polypogon.

Fang (făng), v. t. [OE.
fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p.
p. and imp. tense), AS. fōn; akin to D. vangen,
OHG. fāhan, G. fahen, fangen, Icel.
fā, Sw. få, fånga, Dan.
fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E.
fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair,
a.] 1. To catch; to seize, as
with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.]
Shak.

He's in the law's clutches; you see he's
fanged.

2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish
with fangs.


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