Tusk
Same as Torsk.
One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.
To bare or gnash the teeth.
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Tusk Translations
tusk in Hungarian is agyar
tusk in Spanish is colmillo
tusk in Swedish is bete, elefantbete
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