A long, pointed tooth that sticks out of the mouth of certain animals like elephants, walruses, or boars.
From Old Norse 'tuskr,' related to German 'Zahn' (tooth). The word originally meant any protruding tooth but became specialized for large animals.
An elephant's tusks never stop growing—they can add about 15 centimeters per year, and the largest tusks ever recorded weighed as much as an adult human!
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