tusk 1 
(tŭsk)
(tŭsk)n.
1. An elongated pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, extending outside of the mouth in certain animals such as the walrus, elephant, or wild boar.
2. A long projecting tooth or toothlike part.
tr. & intr.v. tusked, tusk·ing, tusks
To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.
[Middle English tux, tusce, from Old English tūx, tūsc, canine tooth; see dent- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
tusked adj.
tusk1of an African elephant
- Indo-European root: lē-
- Indo-European root: līk-
- Indo-European root: lī̆no-
- Indo-European root: lūs-
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- Indo-European root: man-
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- Indo-European root: marko-
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- Indo-European root: medhu-
- Indo-European root: medhyo-
- Indo-European root: meg-
- Indo-European root: mei-
- Indo-European root: mei-
- Indo-European root: meigh-
- Indo-European root: meik-
- Indo-European root: mei-no-
- Indo-European root: mel-
- Indo-European root: mel-
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- Indo-European root: melg-