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tusks

NOUN
teeth
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In occasionally indelicate detail, “Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants” studies the reproductive lives of Kenya’s rare “tuskers”—animals whose tusks weigh more than 100 pounds apiece, making them especially attractive to poachers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Famed for his long tusks, Craig the elephant was a major attraction at the park near the Tanzanian border.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

The prehistoric species also had a straighter snout and smaller tusks.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

Items stolen from the Oakland museum included Native American baskets, jewelry, laptops, historic photographs and intricately carved ivory tusks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

The boar’s tusks were as long as baseball bats and its fur an iridescent blue-black.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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