tusk
দন্ত
definition
noun
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.
translation of 'tusk'
সিন্ধুঘোটকদন্ত,
বরাহদন্ত,
হস্তিদন্ত
noun
বিষাণ,
দন্ত,
করিদন্ত,
মুখের বহির্ভাগে প্রলংবিত দন্ত
example
a 'tusk' tenon joint
Science shed little light on the narwhal 'tusk' , however, and its purpose remained elusive.
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.
Sculpture and carving on bone and walrus 'tusk' are the most highly developed forms of folk art among the Chukchi.
She gingerly brought her fingertips to the place on her side where the boar's 'tusk' had gouged her.
And there on a shelf, he noticed an elephant's ivory 'tusk' .
As soon as the animals collapsed, they hacked off their ivory 'tusks' .
Because poachers had obviously selected individuals for their tusks, the percentage of the elephants remaining without 'tusks' had greatly increased.
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.
Humans have been killing elephants for their ivory 'tusks' for more than 4,000 years.
No meat had been taken, only the rhino horns and elephant 'tusks' .
Mammoth 'tusks' grow a little bit every day.
The 'tusked' narwhal, white beluga whales and elusive bowhead whale all live off the northern part of this island.
Each side acquires wives for the other and redeems their spirits at death by providing their maternal kin with 'tusked' boars and yams.
‘The walrus is 'tusky' , curmudgeonly,’ he blathered to the Boston Globe.
Men may have their noses pierced and wear wild pig or boar 'tusks' .
They are a big as walrus 'tusks' , and I've considered pulling them and crafting some ivory jewelry.
Males are often bigger, more muscular, and have built-in weaponry - 'tusks' , antlers, horns, spines, bigger teeth, or skulls built for butting.
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.
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 mammals investigate remains with their feet and trunks, paying special attention to the skulls and 'tusks' of even long-dead elephants.
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.
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.
On May 10 customs officials in Hong Kong announced they had confiscated a shipment of 600 African elephant 'tusks' .
Pigs' or boars' 'tusks' are markedly curved but small in cross-section and with no visible grain.
The large creatures were grunting and groaning, and their large, curved 'tusks' flashed in the moonlight.
Elephants also carry the 'tusks' and bones of their departed kin great distances and may even try to cover them with dirt or leaves.
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