tusk

(tusk)

noun

in elephants, wild boars, walruses, etc., a very long, large, pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, projecting outside the mouth and used for defense, digging up food, etc.
any tooth or projection suggestive of a tusk

Origin: ME, by metathesis < OE tucs, akin to OFris tusk < PGmc *tunth-ska < *tunth-, *tanth-: see tooth

transitive verb

to dig, gore, etc. with a tusk or tusks

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See tusk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An elongated pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, extending outside of the mouth in certain animals such as the walrus, elephant, or wild boar. Also called regionally tush².
A long projecting tooth or toothlike part.

tr. & intr.v. tusked tusked, tusk·ing, tusks

To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.

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Origin: Middle English tux, tusce

Origin: , from Old English tūx, tūsc, canine tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots

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