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It's the bad revolting curve that goes with a tusker's snout, in the sag of which the eye is set, that puts him out of reach of decent regard. Only two other curves touch it for malignity the curve of a hyena's shoulder and the curve of a shark's jaw. Three scavengers that haven't had a real chance. They weren't bred right.
Will Levington Comfort - Son of Power

At one time while I watched, a tuskless elephant or mutna got his log stuck in the mud and was tugging and roaring profanely about his trials, when the tusker's mahout bid that royal beast go help his troubled brother.
Clarence Hamilton Poe - Where Half The World Is Waking Up : The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions

"Does that mean it is all right, and that we can stop to rest?" asked Umboo. "I do not think so," said Mr. Stumptail. "That still is Tusker's danger call. Perhaps there are hunters ahead of us, as well as behind." Tusker stopped, and around him gathered the other elephants. "What is the matter?" asked Umboo. "See, boy," answered the old elephant. "There is a fence of big trees ahead.
Howard Roger Garis - Umboo, the Elephant
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