: an animal with tusks
especially
: a male elephant with two normally developed tusks
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Prices range from $8,000 for a life-size baby elephant to $22,000 for a tusker.
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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
Beard, who had been gored by an elephant in 1996, died like an old tusker going to the elephants’ graveyard.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
Africa's largest female tusker elephant has died.
—CBS News, 2 Nov. 2022
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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
Beard, who had been gored by an elephant in 1996, died like an old tusker going to the elephants’ graveyard.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
Africa's largest female tusker elephant has died.
—CBS News, 2 Nov. 2022
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“Tusker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tusker. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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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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