Meaning

noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

noun a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog

verb stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz Proto-West Germanic *tunsk Old English tūsc Old English tūx Middle English tusk English tusk From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts…

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