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Meaning of tusks

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tusks

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.

  3. A tusk shell.

  4. A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.

noun

Definitions

  1. A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).