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Tusk

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Noun

1. ivory, tusk

a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

2. tusk

a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog

Verb

3. horn, tusk

stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

Example Sentences:
'the rhino horned the explorer'

4. detusk, tusk

remove the tusks of animals

Example Sentences:
'tusk an elephant'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tusk

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noun
1. 
a pointed elongated usually paired tooth in the elephant, walrus, and certain other mammals that is often used for fighting
2. 
the canine tooth of certain animals, esp horses
3. 
a sharp pointed projection
4. Also called: tusk tenon building
a tenon shaped with an additional oblique shoulder to make a stronger joint
verb
5. 
to stab, tear, or gore with the tusks
noun
Donald. born 1957, Polish politician; prime minister of Poland (2007–14); president of the European Council from 2014

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Tusk

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noun
1. 
in elephants, wild boars, walruses, etc., a very long, large, pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, projecting outside the mouth and used for defense, digging up food, etc.
2. 
any tooth or projection suggestive of a tusk
verb transitive
3. 
to dig, gore, etc. with a tusk or tusks

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Tusk

see synonyms of tusk
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.
n.
See cusk.

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