n. n. A fish belonging to the family Teuthididæ, Teuthis hepatus, of the West Indian fauna.n. A point; a projection; especially, a long and slender projecting strip, tongue, or prong, forming part of an object and serving to hold or secure it to another.n. The sting of an insect or a reptile.n. A dagger.n. In the papier-mâché process of stereotyping, a piece of thin sheet-iron or cardboard used to overlap the tail-end of the matrix, and prevent the molten metal from flowing under the mold in the casting-box. Also called tail-piece.To furnish with a tang, or with something resembling one.To tie.To sting.n. A strong taste or flavor; particularly, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.n. A specific flavor or quality; a characteristic property; a distinctive tinge, taint, or tincture.n. A kind of seaweed; tangle. See tangle.To ring; twang; cause to sound loudly: as, to tang a bell; also, to utter loudly, or with a twang.To affect in some way by a twanging sound: as, to tang bees (to strike two pieces of metal together so as, by producing a loud sound, to induce a swarm of bees to settle).To ring; twang; sound loudly.n. Sound; tone; ring; especially, a twang, or sharp sound.n. Same as tenrec.