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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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In April, a court-appointed committee of experts decided it would be better to translocate the tusker.

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

For these various reasons they resolved to remain quiet in the tree, and patiently await the termination of that curious “ring performance,” which the old tusker still continued to keep up.

From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Reid, Mayne

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