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- pronunciation:
- tuhsk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a long, large, pointed tooth, usu. one of a pair, that sticks out from the area of the mouth in certain animals such as the elephant, wild boar, and walrus and is used for digging food and in fighting.
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| definition 2: |
a long protruding part that resembles such a tooth.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
tusks, tusking, tusked |
| definition: |
to dig up, rip off, or gore with a tusk or tusks.
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| derivations: |
tusked (adj.), tusklike (adj.) |
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