Definition of tusk

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Tusk (n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth..

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Fanged :: Fanged (a.) Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively..
Tusk-shell :: Tusk-shell (n.) See 2d Tusk, n., 2..
Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..
Elephant :: Elephant (n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
Razor :: Razor (v. t.) A tusk of a wild boar.
Haaf :: Haaf (n.) The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles..
Tusked :: Tusked (a.) Furnished with tusks.
Tenon :: Tenon (n.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk..
Water Deer :: Water deer () A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks..
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider..
Ivory :: Ivory (n.) The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility..
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) Same as Torsk.
Tusk :: Tusk (v. i.) To bare or gnash the teeth.
Torsk :: Torsk (n.) The codfish. Called also tusk.
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell..
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth..
Fangless :: Fangless (a.) Destitute of fangs or tusks.
Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice..
Tusky :: Tusky (a.) Having tusks.
Dicynodont :: Dicynodont (n.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India..
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