tusk meaning in Malayalam
കൊമ്പ് kompŭ
/ˈtʌsk/
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Northern England/ˈtʊsk/
tusk in Malayalam: കൊമ്പ് (kompŭ), തേറ്റ (tēṟṟa). In English, tusk means one of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
Malayalam words for tusk
- pointed tooth
- കൊമ്പ് kompŭ, തേറ്റ tēṟṟa
English meaning of tusk
- noun One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
- noun A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- noun A tusk shell.
- noun A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
tusk in a sentence
- Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.
Synonyms of tusk
tusk in other languages
Questions about tusk in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of tusk in Malayalam?
- Tusk in Malayalam is കൊമ്പ് (kompŭ), തേറ്റ (tēṟṟa).
- tusk എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Tusk: കൊമ്പ് (kompŭ), തേറ്റ (tēṟṟa).
- What does tusk mean in English?
- Tusk means one of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
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