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(verb) remove the tusks of animals |
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Synonyms: detusk |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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(noun) a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog |
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Related Words: tooth |
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(verb) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; of animals |
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Synonyms: horn |
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Related Words: pierce, thrust |
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(noun) a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses |
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Synonyms: ivory |
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Related Words: dentin, dentine |
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