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TUSKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tusker" is a kind of...):
mammal; mammalian (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)
Meronyms (parts of "tusker"):
tusk (a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog)