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Meanings of single tusk in English

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Usage of single tusk in English
1
I don't know much about those animals, but isn't it unusual for him to have only a single tusk?
The Jungle Girl
2
You would think there was not a single tusk left either above or below the ground in the whole country.
Heart Of Darkness
3
By this time the two halves of the single tusk of the great bull alone remained to be passed up.
Maiwa's Revenge; Or, The War of the Little Hand
4
Two of the elephants were females, and had only a single tusk apiece, and were each killed by the first shot.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
5
It was simply enormous, more especially that of one old bull, that carried, so said the natives, but a single tusk.
Maiwa's Revenge; Or, The War of the Little Hand
6
Consequently any of these animals born with a single tusk, and that the right, is considered sacred and looked upon as a god.
The Jungle Girl
7
If I were offered the whole ivory of the country I would not accept a single tusk, nor interfere with you in any way.
In the Heart of Africa
8
I have seen in Khartoum a pair that weighed 300 lbs., and I saw a single tusk of 172 lbs.
Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Afric...
9
I have seen a pair of tusks that weighed 300 lbs., and I have met with single tusks of 160 lbs.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
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