Tusk

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Tusk

Tusk : தந்தம்

Tusk : தந்தம்,யானையின் தந்தம்

Tusk definition

Noun.

  1. Same as Torsk.
  2. One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
  3. A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
  4. A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.

Intransitive verb. To bare or gnash the teeth.