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tusk 1
(tŭsk)n.
1. An elongated pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, extending outside of the mouth in certain animals such as the walrus, elephant, or wild boar.
2. A long projecting tooth or toothlike part.
tr. & intr.v. tusked, tusk·ing, tusks
To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.
[Middle English tux, tusce, from Old English tūx, tūsc, canine tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots.]
tusked adj.
tusk 2
(tŭsk)n.
See cusk.
[Of North Germanic origin; akin to dialectal Norwegian tosk and Faroese toskur, cod, both from Old Norse thorskr; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]
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tusk
(tʌsk)n
1. (Zoology) a pointed elongated usually paired tooth in the elephant, walrus, and certain other mammals that is often used for fighting
2. (Zoology) the canine tooth of certain animals, esp horses
3. a sharp pointed projection
4. (Building) building trades Also called: tusk tenon a tenon shaped with an additional oblique shoulder to make a stronger joint
vb
to stab, tear, or gore with the tusks
[Old English tūsc; related to Old Frisian tosk; see tooth]
tusked adj
ˈtuskˌlike adj
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tusk
(tʌsk)n.
1. an animal tooth developed to great length, usu. one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
2. a long, pointed, or protruding tooth.
3. a projection resembling the tusk of an animal.
v.t. 4. to dig, tear, or gore with the tusks.
[before 900; Middle English, metathetic variant of tux, Old English, variant of tusc, c. Old Frisian tusk; akin to tooth]
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tusk
(tŭsk) A long, pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, projecting from the mouth of certain animals, such as elephants, walruses, and wild pigs.
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tusk
Past participle: tusked
Gerund: tusking
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| Noun | 1. |  tusk - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walrusestusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog |
| 2. |  tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hogtusker - any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) boar, Sus scrofa, wild boar - Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States elephant - five-toed pachyderm tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense | |
| Verb | 1. |  tusk - stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer" |
| 2. |  tusk - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" |
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stødtand
syöksyhammas
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fil dişiuzun sivri diş
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tusk
(task) noun one of a pair of large curved teeth which project from the mouth of certain animals eg the elephant, walrus, wild boar etc.
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