Definition of elephant

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Elephant (n.) 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..

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Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an elephant.
Ivory :: Ivory (n.) The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc..
Mahout :: Mahout (n.) The keeper and driver of an elephant.
Elephansy :: Elephansy (n.) Elephantiasis.
Elephant :: Elephant (n.) 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..
Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc..
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth..
Herd :: Herd (n.) A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle..
Lithe :: Lithe (a.) Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis..
Naevoid :: Naevoid (a.) Resembling a naevus or naevi; as, naevoid elephantiasis..
Elephantiac :: Elephantiac (a.) Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
Albino :: Albino (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll..
Spekboom :: Spekboom (n.) The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants..
Talon :: Talon (n.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
Elephant :: Elephant (n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
Proboscidea :: Proboscidea (n. pl.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.
Elephantine :: Elephantine (a.) Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread..
Elephantiasis :: Elephantiasis (n.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide..
Ivory :: Ivory (n.) The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility..
Sea Wolf :: Sea wolf () The sea elephant.
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