tuskern.
/ˈtʌskə/, U.S. /ˈtəskər/ A beast having tusks, esp. an elephant or wild boar.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > sus scrofa (wild boar and descendants) > wild boar
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1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. viii. i. 280 Some natives,..attracted by a noise in the jungle, witnessed a combat between a tusker and one without tusks.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi ix. 188 The tusker, fearing less, keeps his trunk down.
1887 E. Gilliat Forest Outlaws 238 He..would fare forth in quest of a stag, a fox, or even a tusker [wild boar].
1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 372 About twenty elephants.., but no good tuskers.
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