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- Dictionarytusk/tʌsk/
noun
- 1. a long pointed tooth, especially one which protrudes from the closed mouth, as in the elephant, walrus, or wild boar.
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Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. They are most commonly canine teeth, as with narwhals, chevrotains, musk deer, water deer, muntjac, pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses and walruses, or, in the case of elephants, elongated incisors. Tusks share common features such as extra-oral position, growth pattern, composition an... Wikipedia