tusk
Pronunciation:
/ˈtʌsk/noun
Definitions
One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
Example: 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.
A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
verb
Definitions
To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
To gore with the tusks.
To bare or gnash the teeth.