Ivory

thumb|11th-century Italian carved elephant tusk, [[Louvre.]] thumb|Cylindrical ivory casket, Siculo-Arabic, Hunt Museum.

Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. Most commonly known as canine teeth, as with narwhals, chevrotains, musk deer, water deer, muntjac, pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses and walruses, or, in the case of elephants and hyrax, elongated incisors. Tusks share common features such as extra-oral position, growth pattern, composition and structure, and lack of contribution to ingestion. In most tusked species both the males and the females have tusks. Although males' are usually larger displaying significant sexual dimorph

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off-white color that resembles ivory

Phytelephas is a genus containing six known species of dioecious palms (family Arecaceae), occurring from southern Panama along the Andes to Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, northwestern Brazil, and Peru. They are commonly known as ivory palms, ivory-nut palms or tagua palms (); the scientific name Phytelephas means "plant ivory" or more literally, "plant elephant". This and the first two of the common names refer to the very hard white endosperm of their seeds (tagua nuts or jarina seeds), which resembles elephant ivory.

military item

material from the tusks of a walrus

product made from the very hard white endosperm of the seeds of certain palm trees

species of plant

technique used to deter the poaching of elephants

village in Connecticut, USA

is the Japanese art technique and Japanese craft of engraving dyed ivory.