Tusk
noun
A long, pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, that sticks out from the mouth of some animals like elephants.
The elephant used its tusk to dig up the ground in search of food.
Often appears as...
- elephant tusk
- ivory tusk
noun
A long piece of something, that sticks out and is shaped like a tusk.
The rock formation had a pronounced tusk that overlooked the sea.
Often appears as...
- rock tusk
- metal tusk
noun
A long, pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, that sticks out from the mouth of some animals like elephants.
The elephant used its tusk to dig up the ground in search of food.
Often appears as...
- elephant tusk
- ivory tusk
noun
A long piece of something, that sticks out and is shaped like a tusk.
The rock formation had a pronounced tusk that overlooked the sea.
Often appears as...
- rock tusk
- metal tusk
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Anatomy
Tusks are an animal body part, specifically elongated teeth, often associated with elephants.
Elephant tusks can weigh over 200 pounds each.
Pro Tip 2/3Conservation Status
'Tusk' can be sensitive due to poaching issues, mainly when discussing ivory, which comes from tusks.
Many conservation programs aim to protect elephants for their tusks.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Strength
Tusks are often symbols of strength and power in various cultures and stories.
The chief's throne was adorned with mighty tusks.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Anatomy
Tusks are an animal body part, specifically elongated teeth, often associated with elephants.
Elephant tusks can weigh over 200 pounds each.
Pro Tip 2/3Conservation Status
'Tusk' can be sensitive due to poaching issues, mainly when discussing ivory, which comes from tusks.
Many conservation programs aim to protect elephants for their tusks.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Strength
Tusks are often symbols of strength and power in various cultures and stories.
The chief's throne was adorned with mighty tusks.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Anatomy
Tusks are an animal body part, specifically elongated teeth, often associated with elephants.
Elephant tusks can weigh over 200 pounds each.
Pro Tip 2/3Conservation Status
'Tusk' can be sensitive due to poaching issues, mainly when discussing ivory, which comes from tusks.
Many conservation programs aim to protect elephants for their tusks.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Strength
Tusks are often symbols of strength and power in various cultures and stories.
The chief's throne was adorned with mighty tusks.
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Hendrik Poinar: Bring...
They were large. They were hairy. They had large tusks, and we seem to have a very deep connection with them, like we do with elephants. Maybe it's because elephants share many things in common with us. They bury their dead. They educate the next of kin. They have social knits that are very close.
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How I Got Arrested...
if they don't believe that these are real I said it's going to be very important George takes a couple of months he has made these perfect tusks they have the right feel as the right look he has the right density and the right sound you know if you cut a tusk in half like cutting a tree there are
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Spotting the camel...
inches long and is pound-for-pound on at the fastest and toughest or not well I hadn't but this is the story of how I found on to enough years ago when I was 17 and how it rapidly changed my life Norton Kenya especially masturbate the land of tusks is a very hot and dry
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The incredible,...
including potential threats. Fortunately, while lions might attack a young or sickly elephant, few are foolish enough to take on a healthy adult. Weighing 3 tons and bearing powerful tusks nearly a meter long,
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Top 5 David Attenborough...
an hour there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long exhausted from his shrim the bear must regain his strength
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Polar Bear vs Walrus PIPE...
There will be no easy meals on this island. Walruses are the largest seals in the world. They weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a meter long exhausted from his swim the bear must regain his strength
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Best Polar Bear Moments...
world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a meter long exhausted from his swim the bear must regain his strength
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Angry Hippos Fight for...
Forward-pointing tusks can stab right through protective blubber.
Video examples
Hendrik Poinar: Bring...
They were large. They were hairy. They had large tusks, and we seem to have a very deep connection with them, like we do with elephants. Maybe it's because elephants share many things in common with us. They bury their dead. They educate the next of kin. They have social knits that are very close.
Video examples
How I Got Arrested...
if they don't believe that these are real I said it's going to be very important George takes a couple of months he has made these perfect tusks they have the right feel as the right look he has the right density and the right sound you know if you cut a tusk in half like cutting a tree there are
Video examples
Spotting the camel...
inches long and is pound-for-pound on at the fastest and toughest or not well I hadn't but this is the story of how I found on to enough years ago when I was 17 and how it rapidly changed my life Norton Kenya especially masturbate the land of tusks is a very hot and dry
Video examples
The incredible,...
including potential threats. Fortunately, while lions might attack a young or sickly elephant, few are foolish enough to take on a healthy adult. Weighing 3 tons and bearing powerful tusks nearly a meter long,
Video examples
Top 5 David Attenborough...
an hour there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long exhausted from his shrim the bear must regain his strength
Video examples
Polar Bear vs Walrus PIPE...
There will be no easy meals on this island. Walruses are the largest seals in the world. They weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long.
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a meter long exhausted from his swim the bear must regain his strength
Video examples
Best Polar Bear Moments...
world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a meter long exhausted from his swim the bear must regain his strength
Video examples
Angry Hippos Fight for...
Forward-pointing tusks can stab right through protective blubber.
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Quote examples
Hilary Farr
British Designer
Year after year, animal print, hides, fur, tusks et al find their way into the home as design elements in various spaces; not surprising, considering that the use of 'animalia' as decor in the home dates back centuries, when, to be fair, they didn't have the choice of faux and tended to eat the animals as well as enjoy their pelts.
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Ben Fogle
English Writer
Armies and former soldiers are working in the field to help protect elephants. Some have suggested staining the ivory; cameras and trackers have even been embedded within the tusk; others have arranged for tusks to be removed pre-emptively by conservationists.
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Ben Fogle
English Writer
Ivory is quickly becoming the new blood diamond of Africa and one that fuels militia battles. Some of the most notorious armed groups on the continent, including the Lord's Resistance Army, are hunting down elephants and using the tusks to buy weapons.
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Peter Beard
American Artist
I didn't feel the tusk go through me. But I did feel this sort of freight elevator coming down, popping the chicken bones, you know. It blinded me. Everything was black. It was bright noon day sun. You mustn't get walked on by elephants.
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Alex Shoumatoff
American Writer
The mammoth was basically done in by climate change. The last ones survived on Wrangel Island, north of Chukotka, until 3,700 years ago. According to Eveny mythology, mammoths scooped up dirt with their tusks to form the first dry land.
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John Kani
South African Actor
When western culture developed, we became detached from nature, detached from our relationship with the animals. We saw animals perhaps as only the rhino horn, the elephant's tusk, we saw it as making money.
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Graydon Carter
American Journalist
It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it's a distressing figure.
Quote examples
Hilary Farr
British Designer
Year after year, animal print, hides, fur, tusks et al find their way into the home as design elements in various spaces; not surprising, considering that the use of 'animalia' as decor in the home dates back centuries, when, to be fair, they didn't have the choice of faux and tended to eat the animals as well as enjoy their pelts.
Quote examples
Ben Fogle
English Writer
Armies and former soldiers are working in the field to help protect elephants. Some have suggested staining the ivory; cameras and trackers have even been embedded within the tusk; others have arranged for tusks to be removed pre-emptively by conservationists.
Quote examples
Ben Fogle
English Writer
Ivory is quickly becoming the new blood diamond of Africa and one that fuels militia battles. Some of the most notorious armed groups on the continent, including the Lord's Resistance Army, are hunting down elephants and using the tusks to buy weapons.
Quote examples
Peter Beard
American Artist
I didn't feel the tusk go through me. But I did feel this sort of freight elevator coming down, popping the chicken bones, you know. It blinded me. Everything was black. It was bright noon day sun. You mustn't get walked on by elephants.
Quote examples
Alex Shoumatoff
American Writer
The mammoth was basically done in by climate change. The last ones survived on Wrangel Island, north of Chukotka, until 3,700 years ago. According to Eveny mythology, mammoths scooped up dirt with their tusks to form the first dry land.
Quote examples
John Kani
South African Actor
When western culture developed, we became detached from nature, detached from our relationship with the animals. We saw animals perhaps as only the rhino horn, the elephant's tusk, we saw it as making money.
Quote examples
Graydon Carter
American Journalist
It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it's a distressing figure.
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