tusk
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tusk
n 1: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of
the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: {ivory}, {tusk}]
2: a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging;
especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
v 1: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the
explorer" [syn: {horn}, {tusk}]
2: remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: {tusk},
{detusk}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See
{Tush} a tooth.]
1. (Zool.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of
the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding
tooth.
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2. (Zool.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also
{tusk-shell}.
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3. (Carp.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the
same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps,
or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and
each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "tusk":
baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, crown, cuspid, cutter,
deciduous tooth, dent, denticle, denticulation, dentil, dentition,
dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth,
gold tooth, gore, grinder, horn, incisor, milk tooth, molar, peg,
permanent tooth, pivot tooth, premolar, scrivello, snag,
snaggletooth, tooth, tush, wisdom tooth
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