tusky
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8.7
Having long curved front teeth like an elephant or boar
- adjective
- /ˈtʌski/
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con colmillos
- I saw a tusky walrus at the aquarium.
Examples
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Hunters were wary of the tusky wild boar roaming the forest.
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The tusky elephant used its long teeth to dig up roots.
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The artist sculpted a tusky creature for the fantasy exhibit.
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The tusky elephant roamed freely in the savannah.
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The tusky elephant pushed its massive tusks into the ground as it foraged for food.
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The tusky walrus basked in the sun, its long tusks glinting in the light.
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In the wildlife documentary, the cameraman captured the tusky wild boar roaming through the forest.
Synonyms
tusked
vstusky
1
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
Surface Forms
tusky positive
Morphology
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.