Tusk: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
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A tusk is an extremely long tooth of certain mammals that protrudes when the mouth is closed. Tusk-bearing mammals include elephants, warthogs, walruses, and narwhals.
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(German) | Stoßzahn |
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(Spanish) | Colmillo |
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(French) | Défense (dent) |
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(Italian) | Zanne |
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Dicynodonta is a taxon within the Therapsids or mammal-like reptiles. Dicynodonts were large herbivorous animals with two tusks, hence their name, which means 'two-tooth dog...
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In Hinduism, Airavata is a white elephant whom the god Indra rides. It has four tusks that are like mountains. He also stands at the entrance to Svarga, Indra's palace...
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Targ is a fictional animal in the Star Trek universe. It is a boar-like beast with sharp tusks. It is native to the Klingon homeworld Qo'noS. Related Links: Lingta T'gla...
Donald Tusk is a Polish politician, co-founder and today chairman of Platforma Obywatelska (=Citizen's Platform). He is also a vice-chairman of the Sejm, the lower house of Polish parliament. In previous years he was a politician of Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny and Unia Wolnosci. Donald Tusk...
Ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such... to the tusks of elephants. Structure The chemical structure of the teeth and tusks of mammals is the same regardless of the species of origin, and the trade in certain teeth and tusks other than...
The Battle of Pułtusk took place on December 26 1806 near Pułtusk, Poland, between 60,000 Russians with 120 guns under General Bennigsen, and 35,000 French under Marshal Lannes. Lannes endeavoured to pierce the Russian left and cut them off from the town, but did not succeed in getting through...
Deinotherium was a prehistoric proto-elephant that lived until the Pleistocene. Its range covered parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe. It largely resembled modern elephants, except that its trunk was not as long, and it had downward curving tusks attached to the lower jaw...
Placerias was a dicynodont (a family of mammal-like reptiles) that lived during the Triassic. It was large, measuring up to 3.5 metres long, and was herbivorous using a beak with two short tusks to uproot plants. Fossils of forty placeria were found at the Petrified Forest in Arizona...
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