tusker

Example Sentences

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One of the last remaining great "tusker" elephants in Kenya has died aged 50.

From BBC

Bull elephants are called “tuskers” when their tusks become so large they reach the ground, which takes many years to happen.

From The New Yorker

There are now fewer than 30 African "big tuskers" - adult bulls with ivory large enough to brush the ground - in the world.

From BBC

One of Africa’s oldest and largest elephants has been killed by poachers in Kenya, according to a conservation group that protects a dwindling group of “big tuskers” estimated to be as few as 25.

From The Guardian

And every year, colorfully decorated tuskers carry an ornate box containing a replica of one of the Buddha’s teeth.

From Seattle Times