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1. tusks

   Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. They are most commonly canine teeth, as with pigs and walruses, or, in the case of elephants, elongated incisors. Tusks share common features such as extra-oral position, growth pattern, composition and structure, and lack of contribution to ingestion. Tusks are thought to have adapted to the extra-oral environments, like dry or aquatic or arctic. In most tusked species both the males and the females have tusks although the males' are larger. Most mammals with tusks have a pair of them growing out from either side of the mouth. Tusks are generally curved and have a smooth, continuous surface. The male narwhal's straight single helical tusk, which usually grows out from the left of the mouth, is an exception to the typical features of tusks described above. Continuous growth of tusks is enabled by formative tissues in the apical openings of the roots of the teeth. Prior to over hunting and proliferation of the ivory trade, elephant tusks weighing over 90 kg (200 lb) were not uncommon, though it is rare today to see any over 45 kg (100 lb).Other than mammals, dicynodonts are the only known vertebrates to have true tusks.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tusks in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tusks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of tusks in a Sentence

1. Peter Houde:

   Ours would look pretty much just like modern elephants if they were alive today although the Cuvieronius had spiral tusks, their legs might be a bit stubbier, but themain difference from elephants is in their molar teeth, reflectinga diet more based on browsing than that of modern elephants.

2. Samuel Wasser:

   Identifying close relatives indicates that poachers are likely going back to the same populations repeatedly -- year after year -- and tusks are then acquired and smuggled out of Central Africa on container ships by the same criminal network, this criminal strategy makes it much harder for authorities to track and seize these shipments because of the immense pressure they are under to move large volumes of containers quickly through ports.

3. Steve Smith:

   Mr. Zarauskas is a sporadically employed New Jersey construction worker who likes to go to flea markets, he was never present when a tusk crossed the border, and we think any suggestion that he knew the tusks were illegal is shaky.

4. Robert Boessenecker:

   That's hard to test, but modern dolphins do ram tusks and kill them.

5. Alan Houlihan:

   I thought it was a seal at first and then we saw the tusks.

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