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The tusk and several teeth of a Deinotherium giganteum, a distant relative of today's elephant and one of the largest mammals ever on Earth, were discovered on the Greek island Crete.
a long, pointed tooth, especially one specially developed so as to protrude from the closed mouth, as in the elephant, walrus, or wild boar.
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The 'tusk' and several teeth of a Deinotherium giganteum, a distant relative of today's elephant and one of the largest mammals ever on Earth, were discovered on the Greek island Crete.
And there on a shelf, he noticed an elephant's ivory 'tusk' .
She gingerly brought her fingertips to the place on her side where the boar's 'tusk' had gouged her.
a 'tusk' tenon joint
Sculpture and carving on bone and walrus 'tusk' are the most highly developed forms of folk art among the Chukchi.
Science shed little light on the narwhal 'tusk' , however, and its purpose remained elusive.
Men may have their noses pierced and wear wild pig or boar 'tusks' .
Males are often bigger, more muscular, and have built-in weaponry - 'tusks' , antlers, horns, spines, bigger teeth, or skulls built for butting.
As soon as the animals collapsed, they hacked off their ivory 'tusks' .
Elephants also carry the 'tusks' and bones of their departed kin great distances and may even try to cover them with dirt or leaves.
Because poachers had obviously selected individuals for their tusks, the percentage of the elephants remaining without 'tusks' had greatly increased.
Each side acquires wives for the other and redeems their spirits at death by providing their maternal kin with 'tusked' boars and yams.
In flights over the park, Fraser and Kes Smith have found huge numbers of elephants killed for their 'tusks' , at times with wounded and bewildered babies standing next to their slaughtered mothers.
Researchers say experiments with 19 wild elephant groups in the reserve confirm anecdotal reports that the animals show keen interest in the bones and 'tusks' of other dead elephants.
‘The walrus is 'tusky' , curmudgeonly,’ he blathered to the Boston Globe.
Several possible explanations for the presence of two forms, 'tusked' and tuskless, exist: the fossils could be of different species; different ages within a species; or the same species, opposite sexes.
No meat had been taken, only the rhino horns and elephant 'tusks' .
In the 1970s men of rank travelled regularly as far as Santo to obtain tusked boars for their rituals although since Independence in 1980, there has been a resurgence of home-bred 'tusked' boars.
The 'tusked' narwhal, white beluga whales and elusive bowhead whale all live off the northern part of this island.
Humans have been killing elephants for their ivory 'tusks' for more than 4,000 years.
The large creatures were grunting and groaning, and their large, curved 'tusks' flashed in the moonlight.
Pigs' or boars' 'tusks' are markedly curved but small in cross-section and with no visible grain.
Mammoth 'tusks' grow a little bit every day.
On May 10 customs officials in Hong Kong announced they had confiscated a shipment of 600 African elephant 'tusks' .
In the 1980s their numbers dipped to dangerously low levels due to ivory poaching, but an effort to bring back the 'tusked' mammal has had considerable success.
The mammals investigate remains with their feet and trunks, paying special attention to the skulls and 'tusks' of even long-dead elephants.
They are a big as walrus 'tusks' , and I've considered pulling them and crafting some ivory jewelry.
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