tusk
21tusk — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of tux, from Old English tūx; akin to Old English tūsc tush Date: before 12th century 1. an elongated greatly enlarged tooth (as of an elephant or walrus) that projects when the mouth is closed and… …
22tusk — 1. noun /ˈtʌsk/ a) One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar. Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the backbone of the legal ivory trade. b) A small… …
23tusk — n. & v. n. 1 a long pointed tooth, esp. protruding from a closed mouth, as in the elephant, walrus, etc. 2 a tusklike tooth or other object. v.tr. gore, thrust at, or tear up with a tusk or tusks. Phrases and idioms: tusk shell 1 any of various… …
24tusk — n. an elephant; walrus tusk * * * [tʌsk] walrus tusk an elephant …
25tusk — UK [tʌsk] / US noun [countable] Word forms tusk : singular tusk plural tusks one of the two very long pointed teeth on an animal such as an elephant or a walrus …
26tusk — [[t]tʌsk[/t]] n. 1) zool. an animal tooth developed to great length, usu. one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal 2) zool. a long, pointed, or protruding tooth 3) a projection resembling the tusk of an… …
27tusk — Torsk Torsk, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish, G. dorsch.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The cusk. See {Cusk}. (b) The codfish. Called also {tusk}. [1913 Webster] …
28tusk — Cusk Cusk (k[u^]sk), n. (Zo[ o]l.) A large, edible, marine fish ({Brosmius brosme}), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; called also {tusk} and {torsk}. [1913 Webster] …
29tusk — noun Tusk is used after these nouns: ↑elephant …
30tusk — tÊŒsk n. long protruding tooth often found in pairs (in the walrus, elephant, etc.); something resembling an animal tusk …
