About The Word Tusk
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Tusk
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What's The Definition Of Tusk?
[n] a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
[n] a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses [v] remove the tusks of animals [v] stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; of animals Synonyms | Synonyms for Tusk: detusk | horn | ivory Related Terms | Find terms related to Tusk: See Also | dentin | dentine | ivory | pierce | remove | take | take away | thrust | tooth | tusk | tusk | tusker | withdraw Tusk In Webster's Dictionary \Tusk\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Torsk}.
\Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See {Tush} a tooth.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also {tusk-shell}. 3. (Carp.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth. \Tusk\, v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.] |
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