tusker

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The tusker had been spotted in the state's Cumbum town on 27 May.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

“This is a big tusker, a male elephant that we’re planning to collar,” Shanmugavelu said.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2020

Satao II was believed to be around fifty years old; he was named after Kenya’s greatest tusker, Satao, who was killed by poachers in 2014.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2017

With elephant numbers in free-fall in many places, losing even one big tusker is damaging to a herd.

From National Geographic • Oct. 17, 2015

About sixty yards ahead a large tusker was standing apparently half asleep under the trees, its right side towards us.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon