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tusker

American  
[tuhs-ker] / ˈtʌs kər /

noun

  1. an animal with tusks, as an elephant or a wild boar.

tusker British  
/ ˈtʌskə /

noun

  1. any animal with prominent tusks, esp a wild boar or elephant

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Etymology

Origin of tusker

First recorded in 1855–60; tusk + -er 1

Example Sentences

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They plan to approach the courts to bring the tusker back.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

After a large tusker was electrocuted by low-hanging power lines in December, the herd returned the following day to trample the crops where he’d been buried.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2020

Satao II was believed to be around fifty years old; he was named after Kenya’s greatest tusker, Satao, who was killed by poachers in 2014.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2017

With elephant numbers in free-fall in many places, losing even one big tusker is damaging to a herd.

From National Geographic • Oct. 17, 2015

Take delight in earnestness; watch thy thoughts and never tire; Lift thee from the Path of Evil, like the tusker sunk in mire.

From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee

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