tusker
Example Sentences
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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
It was certainly a giant tusker, but it was hard to tell if this was Satao, as the face was mutilated face and the tusks gone.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2014
I could have finished off the tusker at my ease as he lay on the ground, had it not been for my loyal obedience to the regulations.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
