tusk
noun/tʌsk/
/tʌsk/
- either of the long, curved teeth that stick out of the mouth of elephants and some other animals see also ivoryTopics Animalsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryTusk is used after these nouns:
- elephant
Word OriginOld English tux, variant of tusc.Definitions on the go
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