tusk

English Thesaurus

1. a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	tooth,
definition	:	hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense (noun.body)

part meronym	:	tusker,
definition	:	any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	boar, sus scrofa, wild boar,
definition	:	Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	elephant,
definition	:	five-toed pachyderm (noun.animal)

substance holonym	:	ivory, tusk,
definition	:	a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (noun.substance)

2. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	dentin, dentine,
definition	:	a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	tusk,
definition	:	a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog (noun.animal)

3. remove the tusks of animals (verb.change)

hypernym	:	remove, take, take away, withdraw,
definition	:	remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract (verb.change)

4. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	pierce, thrust,
definition	:	penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument (verb.contact)

5. a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog (noun.animal)

derivation	:	detusk, tusk,
definition	:	remove the tusks of animals (verb.change)

derivation	:	horn, tusk,
definition	:	stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (verb.contact)

derivation	:	tusked,
definition	:	having tusks (adj.all)

6. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (noun.substance)

derivation	:	detusk, tusk,
definition	:	remove the tusks of animals (verb.change)

derivation	:	horn, tusk,
definition	:	stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (verb.contact)

7. remove the tusks of animals (verb.change)

derivation	:	tusk,
definition	:	a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog (noun.animal)

derivation	:	ivory, tusk,
definition	:	a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (noun.substance)

8. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (verb.contact)

derivation	:	horn,
definition	:	one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates (noun.animal)

derivation	:	horn,
definition	:	any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn (noun.animal)

derivation	:	tusk,
definition	:	a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog (noun.animal)

derivation	:	ivory, tusk,
definition	:	a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (noun.substance)

9. a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog (noun.animal)

derivation	:	detusk, tusk,
definition	:	remove the tusks of animals (verb.change)

derivation	:	horn, tusk,
definition	:	stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (verb.contact)

derivation	:	tusked,
definition	:	having tusks (adj.all)

10. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (noun.substance)

derivation	:	detusk, tusk,
definition	:	remove the tusks of animals (verb.change)

derivation	:	horn, tusk,
definition	:	stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (verb.contact)

11. remove the tusks of animals (verb.change)

derivation	:	tusk,
definition	:	a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog (noun.animal)

derivation	:	ivory, tusk,
definition	:	a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (noun.substance)

12. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (verb.contact)

derivation	:	horn,
definition	:	one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates (noun.animal)

derivation	:	horn,
definition	:	any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn (noun.animal)

derivation	:	tusk,
definition	:	a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog (noun.animal)

derivation	:	ivory, tusk,
definition	:	a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (noun.substance)