| NOUN | an elephant tusk | elephant tusks |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- He is a friend of Arthur's whom Arthur phones one day to find out how he can get in touch with Wonko the Sane, and uses odd idioms in conversation, including such phrases as "my old silver tureen", "my old elephant tusk" and "my old prosthetic limb" (as terms of endearment) and "the Great Golden Spike in the sky" (referring to the death-place of old newspaper stories).
- The carvers of Murshidabad called the solid end of the elephant tusk as "Nakshidant", the middle portion as "Khondidant" and the thick hollow end as "Galhardant".
- In 1892, he was credited with the third largest elephant tusk among animal trophy hunters.
- The figures, in high relief form a circle around the shaft of the elephant tusk, supporting the bowl at top used to hold the salt.
- "Antalis vulgaris" is a small mollusc of 3 to 6 cm length with a characteristic elephant tusk shape.
- The beak of the replica was painted in gold and her fangs were made from elephant tusk.
- "Dentalium elephantinum", the elephant tusk, is a species of scaphopod mollusc.
- Lone and happened upon exposed elephant tusk in the village of Galandar in the Pulwama district.
- The species name is derived from Latin "ebur" (meaning ivory, elephant tusk) because of its coloration.
- Ivorex is a new technique recently developed by Onobrakpeya which simulates optical effect of old ivory engraving on bone or elephant tusk. The material used, however, is polymer.
- The island may have received its name after its shape, which in aerial views is similar to that of an elephant tusk, or from the rounded rocks along the banks resembling elephants.
- The merchants of Bāḍiʿ traded combs and perfumes from Arabia for elephant tusk and ostrich egg from Ethiopia.
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