tusk n
1 a pointed elongated usually paired tooth in the elephant, walrus, and certain other mammals that is specialized for fighting
2 the canine tooth of certain animals, esp. horses
3 a sharp pointed projection
4 (Also called)
tusk tenon (Building trades) a tenon shaped with an additional oblique shoulder to make a stronger joint vb
5 to stab, tear, or gore with the tusks
(Old English tusc; related to Old Frisian tosk; see tooth)
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tusked adj
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tusklike adj
tusk shell n
any of various burrowing seashore molluscs of the genus Dentalium and related genera that have a long narrow tubular shell open at both ends: class Scaphopoda, (Also called)
tooth shell