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tusklike

tusklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tusk.

Adjective

tusklike (comparative more tusklike, superlative most tusklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tusk.
    • scaphopods that build tusk-like shells and live in sandbeds.2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 87

Forms of tusklike

comparativemore tusklike
superlativemost tusklike

Origin of tusklike

From tusk + -like.

Questions about tusklike

What does tusklike mean?
Tusklike means resembling or characteristic of a tusk.
What part of speech is tusklike?
Tusklike is an adjective.

Words near tusklike in the dictionary

  1. tuskiest
  2. tusking
  3. tuskings
  4. tuskless
  5. tusklessness
  6. tusklike
  7. tusks
  8. tuskwise
  9. tusky
  10. Tuson
  11. tusovka

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