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Tusk

Same as Torsk.

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Dentine 76% connected

The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated bene…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pierce 76% connected

To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

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Tooth 76% connected

One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which u…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tusked 74% connected

Furnished with tusks.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tusked 74% connected

Furnished with tusks.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 3

Boar 70% connected

The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elephant 70% connected

A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a…

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Tusker 70% connected

An elephant having large tusks.

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Ivory 70% connected

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness a…

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Horn 92% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ivory 92% connected

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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