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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tusk /ˈtʌsk/
 牙,暴牙,牙狀物(vt.)以牙刺戳,以牙掘,用牙碰傷

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 tusk /ˈtəsk/ 名詞
 長牙,獠牙,長尖牙

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tusk n. Zool. Same as Torsk.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tusk, n.
 1. Zool. One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
 2. Zool. A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
 3. Carp. A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tusk v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tusk
      n 1: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of
           the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: ivory]
      2: a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging;
         especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
      v 1: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the
           explorer" [syn: horn]
      2: remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: detusk]