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- noun Plural form of
tusker .
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Examples
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Twice round the forefoot gives the height at the shoulder; few females attain the height of eight feet; "tuskers," or male elephants, vary from eight to nine feet; the Maharajah of Nahur, Sirmoor, possesses one standing ten feet five and one half inches.
Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Theo. F. Rodenbough
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Very rich people may have quite a number of "tuskers," people of average means own one or two, and paupers none at all, but they may have the satisfaction of looking at those of the others and feeding them if they like.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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The end of it all was that Palo broke the pigs 'heads with a special club, and when night fell, twenty-six "tuskers" lay agonizing on the ground.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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a terrific sound of trumpeting; and in another moment a herd of eleven elephants, three of which were enormous "tuskers," suddenly broke cover and stampeded down-wind with their trunks in the air, their great ears flapping viciously, and the animals giving utterance to shrill screams and trumpetings of rage as they headed directly for the spot where the three hunters crouched in the long grass.
With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Harry Collingwood 1886
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You'll need a QUALITY round for the tuskers though.
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You'll need a QUALITY round for the tuskers though.
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But the massive tuskers body was not treated with such respect, and shipped to a bio diesel processing plant where the body of the peace symbol was turned into diesel fuel. via Arbroath
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You have to treat them like a very dangerous animal and you have to be able to plant those big tuskers on the spot.
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You have to treat them like a very dangerous animal and you have to be able to plant those big tuskers on the spot.
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Larger tuskers doubtless have an advantage when it comes to competition with other elephants, and this will be balanced against their disadvantage when they encounter men with guns.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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