Usually means: Remove the tusks from elephants.
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▸ verb:  (transitive) To remove the tusks from (an elephant, a boar, etc.).

Similar:
tusk, detack, untooth, dehorn, dishorn, defur, poll, deturbate, untack, de-tail, more...

Opposite:
tusk, re-tusk, grow tusks

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Similar:
tusk, detack, untooth, dehorn, dishorn, defur, poll, deturbate, untack, de-tail, more...

Opposite:
tusk, re-tusk, grow tusks



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