Tusk has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
2
a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
3
One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
4
A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
Verb
1
stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
"the rhino horned the explorer"
2
remove the tusks of animals
"tusk an elephant"
3
To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
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