tusker.
An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
Meaning & usage
An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz Proto-West Germanic *tunsk Old English tūsc Old English tūx Middle English tusk English tusk English -er English tusker From tusk + -er.
A tool used in peat cutting, a type of turf spade similar to a cascrom.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse torfskeri, from torf (“turf”) + skera (“to cut”), whence also Scottish Gaelic tairsgeir, toirsgeir, treidhsgeir and later forms like toirsgian (assimilated to sgian (“knife”)). Known in print from the early 19th century, but doubtless much older.
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