tusk

Example Sentences

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On a small mammoth carved from tusk, the researchers analysed carefully engraved rows of crosses and dots.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Another explorer, Martin Nweeia, a dental surgeon, discovered that a narwhal’s tusk, whose purpose was a mystery to scientists, is actually a sensory rod that helps it measure salinity, temperature and water pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

They might paint an elephant tusk black, or try to make pangolin scales look like candy or chocolate.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 28, 2024

Lundberg has a permit to collect such fossils and must report the tusk find to the museum when his permit is renewed in December.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

He wore a stiff hide mantle across his broad shoulders, and a boar’s tusk on a thong at his breast.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver