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back-fanged

Syllabification: (back-fanged)
Definition of back-fanged

adjective

Zoology
  • (of a snake such as a boomslang) having the rear one or two pairs of teeth modified as fangs, with grooves to conduct the venom. Compare with front-fanged.

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