tusk
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtʌsk/
tusk (plural tusks)
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
- Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A tusk shell.
- (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- A sharp point.
- The share of a plough.
- French: défense (elephant, walrus); dague (wild boar)
- German: Stoßzahn (elephant, walrus); Hauer (wild boar)
- Italian: zanna
- Portuguese: presa
- Russian: би́вень
- Spanish: colmillo
tusk (tusks, present participle tusking; past and past participle tusked)
Related terms Nountusk (plural tusks)
- A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
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