tusker
Noun
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Noun
tusker (plural tuskers)
- An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
- 1928 June, Fred Graves, Houdini of the Desert: Face to Face with Savage Elephants, Popular Science, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VicDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22Tusker%22%7C%22tuskers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j0uiUIjeAfHOmAX-wICwCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Tusker%22%7C%22tuskers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 19],
- The massive tusker leading the herd stopped in his tracks. His ears went out, his long sinuous trunk up.
- 1928 June, Fred Graves, Houdini of the Desert: Face to Face with Savage Elephants, Popular Science, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VicDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22Tusker%22%7C%22tuskers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j0uiUIjeAfHOmAX-wICwCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Tusker%22%7C%22tuskers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 19],
tusker (plural tuskers)
- (UK, Orkney, Shetland) A tool used in peat cutting.
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