: an animal with tusks
especially
: a male elephant with two normally developed tusks
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The massive tusker was modeled after a real Kenyan elephant who was a true giant of the African savanna, towering at 10 feet tall and weighing over 6 tons.
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Shafaq Patel, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Nuwan opened the bag, checking a metal disc for the royal stamp on one side, two tuskers on the other.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Prices range from $8,000 for a life-size baby elephant to $22,000 for a tusker.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Sep. 2024
On a grassy patch just ahead, a tusker emerged from the jungle fringe.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
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Shafaq Patel, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Nuwan opened the bag, checking a metal disc for the royal stamp on one side, two tuskers on the other.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Prices range from $8,000 for a life-size baby elephant to $22,000 for a tusker.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Sep. 2024
On a grassy patch just ahead, a tusker emerged from the jungle fringe.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Tusker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tusker. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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tusker
noun
tusk·er
ˈtəs-kər 
: an animal with tusks
especially
: a male elephant with two normally developed tusks
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