Tusk
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A tusk is an elongated tooth that protrudes from an animal's closed mouth—most famously the ivory tusks of elephants, but also those of walruses, wild boars, and narwhals.
Tusks serve for defense, digging, or display.
The word extends to anything tusk-shaped: the tusks of an excavator.
Elephant tusks have driven centuries of ivory trade and poaching.
Tusk-derived material
- elephantTusked gray giant
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
- narwhalSpiral-tusked Arctic whale
- boarUndomesticated male swine
warthog · mammoth · incisor · protrusion · dentine · enamel · root · curve
Tusked gray giant
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- herdGrazing animals together
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
Africa · Asia · bull · matriarch · watering hole · migration · territory · dominance
Tusk-derived material
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
black market · carving · ornament · piano keys · billiard balls · CITES · ban · seizure
ivory
Tusk-derived material
boar · warthog · mammoth · incisor · protrusion · dentine · enamel · root · curve · length
elephant
Tusked gray giant
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- herdGrazing animals together
savanna · Africa · Asia · bull · matriarch · watering hole · migration · territory · dominance · display
ivory
Tusk-derived material
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
trafficking · black market · carving · ornament · piano keys · billiard balls · CITES · ban · seizure · enforcement
gore
Graphic bloody violence
weapon · defense · sparring · rival · dominance · fighting · attack · pierce · wound · clash
strength
Power to exert force
wealth · trophy · hunting · colonial · exotic · prestige · ornamental · artifact · heirloom · display
- World LeadersChurchill, Winston Churchill, Eisenhower, Gorbachev, Thatcher
- Political LeadersJoseph Stalin, Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Lenin, Mao Zedong
- JoJo's Bizarre AdventureJoseph, Jonathan, King Crimson, Killer Queen, The World
- Polish Politicsmarshal, Walesa, Warsaw, ruling party
- Post-1989 PolandSolidarity, free elections, shock therapy, democratic transition, regime change
TuskRumours
Unconfirmed stories passed around
The Wall · Back in Black · Thriller · Hotel California · Boston
TuskRumours
Unconfirmed stories passed around
commercial · accessible · mainstream · radio single · focus-grouped
- elephant tuskElongated pachyderm incisor
- narwhal tuskMarine mammal's spiral tooth
- mammoth tuskExtinct pachyderm's elongated tooth
- ivory tusksElephant or walrus teeth
- walrus tusksArctic pinniped's elongated canines
- boar tusksWild swine's protruding teeth