tusk
๐ฌ๐ง UK/tสsk/๐บ๐ธ US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A long, pointed tooth projecting from the mouth of animals such as elephants, walruses, or wild boars
้ฟ็๏ผ็ ็
v.
To dig up or gore with tusks
็จ้ฟ็ๆๅฐ๏ผ็จ้ฟ็ๅบๆณ
๐งฉ Root Breakdown
Native Englishtuskother
=tusk
Common Collocations
- 1.ivory tusk่ฑก็
- 2.elephant tuskๅคง่ฑก็็ ็
- 3.tusk trade่ฑก็่ดธๆ
- 4.[tusk poaching]่ฑก็ๅท็
Example Sentences
- 1.
The elephant's long ivory tusks gleamed in the afternoon sunlight.
- 2.
Poachers illegally hunt elephants for their valuable tusks.
- 3.
The walrus uses its tusks to haul itself out of the water onto the ice.