Assertion: viper's fang | /r/HasProperty | modified teeth
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text: Like all members of its taxonomic family, it has hypodermic-needlelike fangs -- actually modified teeth -- that flick forward, into a biting position, when the snake opens its mouth, and that fold backward, against the roof of the mouth, when the snake closes its mouth.
text: A fang is a modified tooth belonging to an animal designed to tear into flesh or hold the flesh in a tight grip.
text: Like all members of its taxonomic family, it has hypodermic-needlelike fangs -- actually modified teeth -- that flick forward, into a biting position, when the snake opens its mouth, and that fold backward, against the roof of the mouth, when the snake closes its mouth.