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ankusha

ankusha is the alternative form of ankus.

Meaning of ankus

Noun

ankus (plural ankuses)

  1. The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.
    • At last he found something really fascinating laid on the front of a howdah half buried in the coins. It was a three-foot ankus, or elephant-goad—something like a small boathook. The top was one round, shining ruby, and eight inches of the handle below it were studded with rough turquoises close...1895, Rudyard Kipling, The King's Ankus

Forms of ankusha

pluralankushas

Questions about ankusha

What is ankusha the alternative form of?
Ankusha is the alternative form of ankus.

Words near ankusha in the dictionary

  1. Anku
  2. Ankur
  3. ankus
  4. ankuses
  5. ankush
  6. ankusha
  7. ankushas
  8. ankushes
  9. ankycorbin
  10. ankyl-
  11. ankylo-

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