tusked
/'tʌskt/ Cách viết khác : (tusky) /'tʌski/
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Definition
Adjective: - Having tusks: Describes an animal that possesses tusks, which are long, pointed, protruding teeth, typically used for digging, defense, or display.
Usage
The adjective "tusked" is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb) to describe animals that have tusks. It is a specific descriptive term often found in zoological, natural history, or literary contexts.
Examples
- Attributive use (before a noun):
- The tusked walrus hauled itself onto the ice.
- They encountered a herd of tusked boars in the forest.
- Predicative use (after a linking verb):
- The mammoth, preserved in ice, was clearly tusked.
- Many animals in the elephant family are tusked.
Advanced Usage
- Descriptive Compound: While "tusked" itself is a single adjective, it can be part of descriptive phrases to specify the type or appearance of the tusks.
- a long-tusked elephant
- a fiercely tusked wild boar
Variants and Related Words
- Tusk (noun): The long, pointed tooth itself.
- The elephant's tusk is made of ivory.
- Tusky (adjective): An archaic or less common variant with the same meaning as "tusked."
- Tuskless (adjective): The opposite, meaning lacking tusks.
- Some elephant populations are becoming tuskless due to poaching.
Synonyms
- Ivory-bearing: (Specifically for elephants, walruses, etc., whose tusks are made of ivory.)
- Fanged: (This is a near-synonym but typically refers to long, sharp canine teeth, as in snakes or carnivores, rather than the specialized incisors or canine teeth described as tusks.)
Related Phrases
- Tusked whale: A common name for the narwhal, a whale species where the male has a long, spiral tusk.
- The tusked whale, or narwhal, is sometimes called the 'unicorn of the sea'.