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Etymology
From OE. tux, tusc, cognate with Old Frisian tusk, probably from the Proto-Germanic root tunthskaz, an extended form of the linguistic root of tooth.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�t�sk/, SAMPA|/"tVsk/
Noun
en-noun
- One of a pair of elongated pointed tooth|teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
#:Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
Translations
trans-top|pointed tooth
Czech: t-|cs|kel|m
Danish: t+|da|stødtand|c
Dutch: t|nl|slagtand|m
Finnish: t|fi|syöksyhammas
French: dent saillante f, défense f
German: t-|de|Sto�zahn
Italian: t+|it|zanna|f
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|�|sc=JAchar (��, kiba)
Polish: t|pl|kie�|m
Russian: кл�к m (walrus', boar's); t-|ru|бивен�|m|sc=Cyrl (elephant's)
Spanish: t|es|colmillo|m
Telugu: t|te|ద�తమ�|sc=Telu (daMtamu)
trans-bottom
Verb
en-verb
- To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
Related terms
tusked
tusker
tusklike
tusk tenon
References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
Websters
Category:Anatomy
Category:Animals
Category:Elephants
Old Frisian
Noun
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- tooth
Category:Old Frisian nouns
fa:tusk
fy:tusk
io:tusk
it:tusk
pl:tusk
pt:tusk
fi:tusk
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