1. A hard smooth ivory coloured dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
   - ivory 
2. A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog

1. Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
   - horn 
2. Remove the tusks of animals
   "tusk an elephant"
   - detusk

Derived forms: tusks, tusked, tusking

See also: tusked

Type of: dentin [N. Amer], dentine, pierce, remove, take, take away, thrust, tooth, withdraw

Part of: boar, elephant, Sus scrofa, tusker, wild boar

Encyclopedia: Tusk

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