dictionary definitions for "tusk"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tusk
      n 1: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of
           the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: ivory, tusk]
      2: a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging;
         especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
      v 1: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the
           explorer" [syn: horn, tusk]
      2: remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: tusk,
         detusk]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish,
     G. dorsch.] (Zool.)
     (a) The cusk. See Cusk.
     (b) The codfish. Called also tusk.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), v. i.
     To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), n. (Zool.)
     Same as Torsk.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See
     Tush a tooth.]
     1. (Zool.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of
        the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding
        tooth.
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     2. (Zool.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also
        tusk-shell.
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     3. (Carp.) 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cusk \Cusk\ (k[u^]sk), n. (Zool.)
     A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to
     the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America;
     -- called also tusk and torsk.
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