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1. (n.) elephant
either of two very large five-toed mammals of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long prehensile trunk and large tusks esp. in the males, including Loxodonta africana of Africa, with large flapping ears, and Elephas maximus of India, with smaller ears.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < L elephantus < Gk eléphās, s. elephant- ivory, elephant)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) elephant
five-toed pachyderm
2. (noun) elephant
the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
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1. (noun) elephant
a large gray animal with a trunk
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1. (noun) Elephant
a mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing
2. (noun) Elephant
ivory; the tusk of the elephant
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Elephant
a genus of mammals, of which there are two species, the Indian and the African; the latter attains a greater size, and is hunted for the sake of its tusks, which may weigh as much as 70 lbs.; the former is more intelligent, and easily capable of being domesticated; the white elephant is a variety of this species.
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Sense: a very large type of animal with very thick skin, a trunk and two tusks.
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 Afrikaans: olifant |
 Arabic: فيل |
 Bulgarian: слон |
 Brazilian: elefante |
 Czech: slon |
 German: der Elefant |
 Danish: elefant |
 Greek: ελέφαντας |
 Spanish: elefante |
 Estonian: elevant |
 Farsi: فیل |
 Finnish: elefantti |
 French: éléphant |
 Hebrew: פִּיל |
 Hindi: हाथी |
 Croatian: slon |
 Hungarian: elefánt |
 Indonesian: gajah |
 Icelandic: fíll |
 Italian: elefante |
 Japanese: 象 |
 Korean: 코끼리 |
 Lithuanian: dramblys |
 Latvian: zilonis |
 Malay: gajah |
 Dutch: olifant |
 Norwegian: elefant |
 Polish: słoń |
 Persian: فیل |
 Pashto: پيل (فيل |
 Portuguese: elefante |
 Romanian: elefant |
 Russian: слон |
 Slovak: slon |
 Slovenian: slon |
 Serbian: slon |
 Swedish: elefant |
 Thai: ช้าง |
 Turkish: fil |
 Taiwanese: 象 |
 Ukrainian: слон |
 Urdu: ہاتھی |
 Vietnamese: con voi |
 Chinese: 象 |
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