Synonyms for tusk
tʌsktusk

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1. ivory, tusknoun

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

   Synonyms:
   bone, off-white, pearl, ivory

2. tuskverb

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

   Synonyms:
   ivory

3. horn, tuskverb

   stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

   "the rhino horned the explorer"

   Synonyms:
   detusk, horn

4. tusk, detuskverb

   remove the tusks of animals

   "tusk an elephant"

   Synonyms:
   detusk, horn

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1. tusknoun

   Synonyms:
   tush, fang, pointed tooth

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1. List of paraphrases for "tusk":

   cusk

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1. John Cruden:

   Each illegally traded horn or tusk represents not an antique object but a dead animal. Wildlife trafficking entails poaching, bribery, smuggling and organized crime.

2. Lisa Niziolek:

   Lisa Niziolek explained. In addition to ceramics, the ship was also carrying elephant tusks, possibly for use in medicine or art. Sweet-smelling resin, which could have been used for incense or for caulking ships, was also found. Previous carbon dating of the tusks and resin had dated the wreck to between 700 and 750 years ago. However, improved carbon dating techniques tell a different story. PIRATE MYSTERY : DOES THIS 300-YEAR-OLD BONE BELONG TO' BLACK SAM' BELLAMY ? When we got the results back and learned that the resin and tusk samples were older than previously thought, we were excited, we had suspected that based on inscriptions on the ceramics and conversations with colleagues in China and Japan, and it was great to have all these different types of data coming together to support it.

3. Boris Johnson:

   If Donald Tusk doesn't want to go down as Mr No Deal then I hope that point will be borne in mind by him, too.

4. Daniel Fisher:

   You've got a whole life spread out before you in that tusk. The growth and development of the animal, as well as its history of changing land use and changing behavior -- all of that history is captured and recorded in the structure and composition of the tusk.

5. Rafal Chwedoruk:

   Of course, today the candidates for prime minister are Ewa Kopacz and Beata Szydlo but the truth is, when we say Kopacz, we are thinking Tusk, and when we say Szydlo, we are thinking Kaczynski, we are still living in the shadow of these politicians, and I don't think this is likely to change after the election.