1
: an elongated greatly enlarged tooth (as of an elephant or walrus) that projects when the mouth is closed and serves especially for digging food or as a weapon
broadly
: a long protruding tooth
2
: one of the small projections on a tusk tenon
tusked; tusking; tusks
: to dig up with a tusk
also
: to gash with a tusk
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Mastodons were similar to the also-extinct mammoth, but had flatter heads and straighter tusks.
—Reuters, 29 Sep. 2024
Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023
These huge, tusked mammals roamed the Earth during the Pleistocene and early Holocene epochs, before disappearing roughly 4,000 years ago.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
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Noun
The target odors were pangolin scales, rhino horns, elephant tusks and African blackwood, a tree that is often used to make musical instruments.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Mastodons were similar to the also-extinct mammoth, but had flatter heads and straighter tusks.
—Reuters, 29 Sep. 2024
Verb
Mountain lions, tarantulas, snakes, and tusked pig-like creatures called javelina call the park home, too.
—Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023
These huge, tusked mammals roamed the Earth during the Pleistocene and early Holocene epochs, before disappearing roughly 4,000 years ago.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
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“Tusk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tusk. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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tusk
noun
: an elongated greatly enlarged tooth that projects when the mouth is closed and serves for digging food or as a weapon
broadly
: a long protruding tooth
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