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TUSKED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tusked mean?
• TUSKED (adjective)
The adjective TUSKED has 1 sense:
1. having tusks
Familiarity information: TUSKED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having tusks
Similar:
toothed (having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination)
Derivation:
tusk (a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog)
Context examples
This hall was as light as day, for torches burned in numerous sconces upon the walls, throwing strange shadows from the tusked or antlered heads which ornamented them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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