tusk
One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal…One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
» An elephant's tusks cannot be retracted.
Meaning
7 sensesOne of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.
Stoßzahn, Hauer
би́веньbívenʹ, клык
би́веньbývenʹ
A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
A tusk shell.
A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
A sharp point.
вістряvistrja
The share of a plough.
An edible fish, Brosme brosme.
- a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
- a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
Examples
24 sentencesAn elephant's tusks cannot be retracted.
Elephant tusks are made of ivory.
The young elephant is growing tusks.
Elephant tusks are made out of ivory.
ruСлоновьи бивни сделаны из слоновой кости.
deDie Stoßzähne eines Elefanten bestehen aus Elfenbein.
The tusks of this elephant are impressive.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusFrom Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”) (whence the Old Norse and Icelandic Ratatoskr and Ratatoskur respectively), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”) and *𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tush. More at tooth.
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