0 one of a pair of large curved teeth which project from the mouth of certain animals eg the elephant, walrus, wild boar etc. -- stødtand
I owned one tusk which went round once, which probably entitled me to a baby sitter for a week or two but not much more.
Innocent people are dealing in ivory which has come from dead elephants' tusks and there is nothing wrong with that.
Juliana is the one who suggested that the tusks must be hidden.
An elephant is painted using a fatter body form, a long trunk, tusks and rounded ears.
At a certain stage of the investigation, several pairs of elephant tusks were produced but without any conclusive evidence linking them to the dead elephant.
Throughout the inquiry they showed strong reluctance to debate hiding the tusks in terms of game legislation.
Note the triangular depression behind the anterior palatal vacuity, and part of the right dentary tusk in (b).
For example, a clan leader seeking to participate in the ivory trade might have relied on dependent hunter-gatherers within his clan to procure elephant tusks.
