tusks
Walrus's pointed weapons
Tusks are elongated teeth that project beyond the mouth, found on elephants, walruses, wild boars, and some other animals.
They serve as weapons, tools for digging, or displays of dominance.
Elephant tusks are prized for their ivory, driving centuries of poaching: The poachers were caught with a truckload of tusks.
Figuratively, anything long and tooth-like may be called a tusk.
Main stem or storage
- herdGrazing animals together
- pachydermThick-skinned hoofed mammal
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- safariWildlife observation journey
Africa · savanna · bull · cow · calf · matriarch · mammal · poaching
Extinct elephant with curved tusks
- mastodonExtinct elephantine Pleistocene mammal
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
extinct · saber-toothed · woolly · paleontology · frozen · Siberia · permafrost · excavation
Tusked wild pig
- peccaryPig-like American mammal
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- razorbackFeral hog with dorsal ridge
- snoutBeast's protruding face
rooting · hunting · feral · sow · piglet · charging · goring · curved
trunk
Main stem or storage
safari · Africa · savanna · bull · cow · calf · matriarch · mammal · poaching · endangered
mammoth
Extinct elephant with curved tusks
- mastodonExtinct elephantine Pleistocene mammal
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
Pleistocene · extinct · saber-toothed · woolly · paleontology · frozen · Siberia · permafrost · excavation · museum
warthog
Tusked wild pig
snout · rooting · hunting · feral · sow · piglet · charging · goring · curved · forest
goring
Piercing with horn
defense · spearing · piercing · charging · attack · lethal · sharp · pointed · curved · fighting
Arctic
Earth's northernmost zone
flippers · haul-out · rookery · marine · iceberg · clams · mollusks · benthic · diving · male
- animal defensespoison, venom, toxin, toxins, horns
- animal featuresbeaks, scales, antlers, fur, ears
- animal partsappendage, forelimb, hind leg, hind legs, hindlegs
- animal traitsfur, tail, claws, teeth, wings
- elephantsAfrican elephant, Asian elephant, trunk, ears, Indian elephant
- pigssow, boar, hog, swine, piglet
- 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