Tusker or Tuskers may refer to:
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Animals
* an
elephant
Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...
with genetic properties granting him large tusks
* an adult male
wild boar
The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is ...
, particularly the American razorback population
Military unit nicknames
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4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment
The 64th Armor Regiment is an armor regiment of the United States Army, organized under the United States Army Regimental System. It is descended from the 758th Tank Battalion (Light) that served in the Italian campaign during World War II. Rede ...
, a United States Army unit
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No. 5 Squadron IAF
No. 5 Squadron (Tuskers) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Jaguar IS and based at Ambala Air Force Station under the Western Air Command.
History
The squadron has retained – and discharged – a primarily offensive operational role ...
, an Indian Air Force squadron
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413 Transport and Rescue Squadron, a Canadian Armed Forces air force squadron
Sports teams
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Sri Lanka rugby union team nickname "The Tuskers”
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East Africa rugby union team
Established in 1950, The East Africa rugby union team is a multi-national rugby union team drawing players from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, though the vast majority of these came from Kenya which has traditionally been the strongest rugby playin ...
, who tour under the nickname "Tuskers"
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Tusker F.C.
The Tusker Football Club is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the second most successful club in Kenya with thirteen Kenyan league championships. They also have four Kenyan cup titles. In addition, it has won four East ...
, a Kenyan football club owned by the East African Breweries
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Ballari Tuskers, a Karnataka Premier League cricket franchise
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Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Kochi Tuskers Kerala was a franchise cricket team that played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) representing the city of Kochi, Kerala. The team was one of two new franchises added to the IPL for the 2011 season, alongside Pune Warriors India ...
, a former Indian Premier League cricket franchise
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Florida Tuskers
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to th ...
, a former United Football League franchise
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Matabeleland Tuskers
The Matabeleland Tuskers is one of five Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in the Bulawayo Metropolitan and Matabeleland North area. They play their home matches at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. They were ...
, a Zimbabwean cricket franchise
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Tuskers women's cricket team, a Zimbabwean women's cricket team
Other uses
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Tusker (beer)
Tusker is a beer brand owned by East African Breweries, with over 700,000 hectolitres being sold in Kenya per year. It is also the largest African beer brand in the Diageo group. It is a 4.2% ABV pale lager. The beer's slogan "''Bia yangu, Nchi ya ...
, a Kenyan beer bottled by East African Breweries
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Tusker Rock
Tusker Rock ( cy, Ynys Twsgr), is a rock in the Bristol Channel, about west of Ogmore-by-Sea, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is suggested that it takes its name from Tuska the Viking, a Dane whose fellow Vikings semi-colonised the Vale of Glamor ...
, a rock in the Bristol Channel, Wales
* a
character in the Japanese anime series ''Kiba''
* a member of the DC Comics
Justice League of Earth
The Justice League of Earth are fictional characters, a supervillain team of the 31st Century in the DC Comics DC Universe, universe. They were created by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank (comics), Gary Frank and first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #859 ...
* the University of Nebraska's
former Holland Computing Center high memory cluster
* the name of a
DHR B Class
The DHR B Class is a famous class of gauge saddle tank steam locomotives used on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) in West Bengal, India.
Service history
A total of 34 B Class locomotives have served on the DHR. Some are still on the wo ...
steam locomotive
* the sports teams of
Somers High School (New York), a public school
See also
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Tusk
Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. They are most commonly canine teeth, as with pigs and walruses, or, in the case of elephants, elongated incisors. Tusks share c ...
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