tusk
Example Sentences
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The prehistoric species also had a straighter snout and smaller tusks.
From Science Daily
Its huge head holds a celebratory harness, and its curved tusks are painted with colorful designs.
From Literature
With their thick coats, curved tusks, and towering size, they grazed the vast steppes that stretched across the northern hemisphere.
From Science Daily
Somehow it rolled onto its side, and two long tusks swung into view.
From Literature
One of the group “plunged her tusks up to the gums in the body of my Land-Rover . . . again she charged, and the Land-Rover was carried backwards at high speed for thirty-five yards.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
