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tusk [tʌsk] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a pointed elongated usually paired tooth in the elephant, walrus, and certain other mammals that is often used for fighting 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the canine tooth of certain animals, esp horses 3. a sharp pointed projection 4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Also called tusk tenon Building trades a tenon shaped with an additional oblique shoulder to make a stronger joint vb to stab, tear, or gore with the tusks [Old English tūsc; related to Old Frisian tosk; see tooth] tusked adj tusklike adj
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Translations n tusk [task] one of a pair of large curved teeth which project from the mouth of certain animals eg the elephant, walrus, wild boar etc. tand ناب бивник kel stødtand der Stoßzahn, der Hauer χαυλιόδοντας colmillo kihv دندان دراز؛ عاج syöksyhammas défense נִיב हाथी या सूअर का दांत kljova agyar taring högg-/skögultönn zanna きば 엄니 iltis ilknis gading slagtand støttann kieł presa colţ (de elefant) клык; бивень kel, tesák okel kljova bete, huggtand งาช้าง uzun sivri diş, fil dişi (象等)長牙,獠牙 ікло; бивень ہاتھي وغيرہ کا دانت ngà (象等)长牙,獠牙 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Those warriors would squat in long rows, four or more deep, before the verandah, while their chiefs bargained for hours with Makola over an elephant tusk. Sancho, as he showed the rents in his torn suit to the duchess, observed, "If we had been hunting hares, or after small birds, my coat would have been safe from being in the plight it's in; I don't know what pleasure one can find in lying in wait for an animal that may take your life with his tusk if he gets at you. So he waited, waving his head from right to left, and measuring the precise spot in Kala Nag's fat side where a blunt tusk could sink deepest. |
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