TUSK
\tˈʌsk], \tˈʌsk], \t_ˈʌ_s_k]\
Definitions of TUSK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
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remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"
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stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"
By Princeton University
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a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.
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Same as Torsk.
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One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
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A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
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A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.
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To bare or gnash the teeth.
By Oddity Software
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Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.
By Noah Webster.
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The long, pointed tooth on each side of the upper jaw of certain animals; hence, any very long tooth.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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