Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having tusks; tusky: used in heraldry only when the tusks are of a different tincture from the rest of the bearing. Also tushed.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Furnished with tusks.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having tusks
Examples
“If they recalled the tusked monsters that charged in the van of Asiatic armies, his analogue was the desert horse.”
“Collins has also been visited throughout his life by another version of himself who he communicates with and when unable to write, hands over his pen to this doppelganger; as well as a tusked creature that he fears.”
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“I'd gaze at Dalí's St John of the Cross and the massive tusked mammoth who possesses more than a passing resemblance to a late maternal aunt.”
“Riding roughshod over hill and dale and tusked boar on her Kawasaki Mule, Ms. Barr has redefined the has-been in sublime repose.”
“It's Starkiller vs. super giant Rancor/tusked gorilla in the trailer for Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2.”
“Giant panthers, tusked boars, fearsome basilisks, crocolisks, hyenas, and other animals, many of them in part herded by the more sentient, reptilian raptors, were just a part of the animal legions that followed.”
“Striking cobalt blue wattles hung near its tusked snout in front of large mustard eyes.”
“Garrosh opened his mouth to speak, but it was as if the wind snatched the words out of his tusked mouth.”
“He nodded at the tusked monster on the video screen, who was currently chasing the terrified zoo employee around a cage.”
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“He offered them tea and made them popcorn in a battered old microwave that was surrounded by wrenches, screwdrivers, stale donuts, and a grimy calendar showing the tusked, six-armed women of Lumbrook sprawled out on glaciers, dressed in bikinis.”
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
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List of Heraldry Terms
Words and phrases used in blazoning heraldic devices, along with names and other terms associated with the art and science.
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