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With their sharp, tusklike teeth and bristling hair, javelinas have an unfounded reputation for ferocity.

Where to Hunt in Texas: Deer, Doves, Turkeys, Hogs, Ducks, Javelina 2004

Indeed, they share a number of characteristics with nonruminants, including lack of horns or antlers; continually growing, tusklike upper canines in males; sharp-crowned premolars; and four fully developed toes.

26 Mouse Deer 1991

There are also two tusklike canine teeth that protrude from the mouth.

26 Mouse Deer 1991

Kith-Kanan still remembered his one tusklike tooth bobbing up and down in a forlorn gesture of farewell.

The Kinslayer Wars Niles, Douglas 1991

Each of these cats bears a pair of tusklike fangs, shaped just so "- the senator waved the steel blade back and forth -" so that they can slay nearly any beast that walks or crawls.

Conan the Fearless Perry, Steve 1986

But its face, limned in the bright moonlight, was bestial, with close-set ears, flaring nostrils, and a great flabby-lipped mouth in which gleamed white tusklike fangs.

Conan the Freebooter Howard, Robert E. 1968

The old woman grinned, showing a few tusklike teeth.

Stories from English History Hilda T. Skae

Frost and heat and cold sculpture high mountains to sharp, tusklike peaks and ragged, serrate crests, where their waste is readily removed.

The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900

For example, they might have fought for territory, resources or females, like the modern musk deer, which also have a pair of large, tusklike teeth, he said via email.

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