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tusks

noun

Meaning

  1. One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
  2. A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
  3. A tusk shell.
  4. A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
  5. A sharp point.
  6. The share of a plough.
  7. A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data