| 释义 |
tuskless, a.|ˈtʌsklɪs|
[f. tusk n.1 + -less.]
Having no tusks.
1859Tennent Ceylon II. viii. i. 281 The tuskless elephant. 1879Pryer Let. 22 Nov. in J. Hatton New Ceylon iii. (1881) 72 Two of the elephants (tuskless) ran off, but the third faced about. 1895Chamb. Jrnl. XII. 726/2 Apparently it is the male elephant that is usually found tuskless in Ceylon. 1907Spectator 5 Jan. 11/1 Tuskless swine will grout up ground, if it be not too hard, almost as fast as the tusked boar. |