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tuskar

tuskar is the alternative form of tusker.

Meaning of tusker

Noun (1)

tusker (plural tuskers)

  1. An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
    • By climbing trees they had had a fairly good view of the herd, which they described as numbering several large tuskers, a great many cows and calves, and full-grown bulls whose ivory would be worth having.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 130

Noun (2)

tusker (plural tuskers)

  1. (Orkney, Scotland, Shetland, UK, especially) A tool used in peat cutting, a type of turf spade similar to a cascrom.

Forms of tuskar

pluraltuskars

Questions about tuskar

What is tuskar the alternative form of?
Tuskar is the alternative form of tusker.

Words near tuskar in the dictionary

  1. tusionite
  2. Tusiuk
  3. tusk
  4. tusk shell
  5. tusk shells
  6. tuskar
  7. tuskars
  8. tusked
  9. tusked frog
  10. tusked frogs
  11. Tuskegee

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