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tusky

tusky

8.7
Having long curved front teeth like an elephant or boar
  • adjective
  • /ˈtʌski/
translation icon : con colmillos
  • I saw a tusky walrus at the aquarium.

Examples

  • Hunters were wary of the tusky wild boar roaming the forest.

  • The tusky elephant used its long teeth to dig up roots.

  • The artist sculpted a tusky creature for the fantasy exhibit.

  • The tusky elephant roamed freely in the savannah.

  • The tusky elephant pushed its massive tusks into the ground as it foraged for food.

  • The tusky walrus basked in the sun, its long tusks glinting in the light.

  • In the wildlife documentary, the cameraman captured the tusky wild boar roaming through the forest.

Synonyms

tusked
vstusky
5.5

An animal that has long, pointed front teeth like an elephant or walrus

is broader, also used for things shaped or looking like a tusk

How Tusked

tusky
8.7
tusked
5.5
tuskless
5.1

Surface Forms

tusky positive

Morphology

tusky = tusk (transparent) = tusk + y

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'tusk' with the productive adjectival suffix '-y', meaning 'having or resembling a tusk'.

Etymology

Tusky comes from the word tusk meaning 'long tooth' plus the ending -y meaning 'having'. So something tusky has tusks or looks like it has long teeth, like an elephant or a wild boar.