tusker

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"We can't say the tusker won't return to Kerala."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

“This is a big tusker, a male elephant that we’re planning to collar,” Shanmugavelu said.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2020

Satao II was believed to be around fifty years old; he was named after Kenya’s greatest tusker, Satao, who was killed by poachers in 2014.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2017

It was certainly a giant tusker, but it was hard to tell if this was Satao, as the face was mutilated face and the tusks gone.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2014

Soon "Moro's" deep voice told he had the tusker at bay, down in the defile, far below.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.