1. A hard smooth ivory coloured dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
   - ivory 
2. A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog

1. Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
   - horn 
2. Remove the tusks of animals
   "tusk an elephant"
   - detusk

Derived forms: tusks, tusked, tusking

See also: tusked

Type of: dentin [N. Amer], dentine, pierce, remove, take, take away, thrust, tooth, withdraw

Part of: boar, elephant, Sus scrofa, tusker, wild boar

Encyclopedia: Tusk

• genus Cardiospermum
• genus Cardium
• genus Carduelis
• genus Carduus
• genus Caretta
• genus Carex
• genus Cariama
• genus Carica
• genus Carissa
• genus Carlina
• genus Carnegiea
• genus Carpenteria
• genus Carphophis
• genus Carpinus
• genus Carpobrotus
• genus Carpocapsa
• genus Carpodacus
• genus Carthamus
• genus Carum
• genus Carya
• genus Caryocar
• genus Caryota
• genus Casmerodius
• genus Cassia
• genus Cassiope