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elephant

DEFINITIONS OF: elephant

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n five-toed pachyderm

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rogue elephant
a wild and vicious elephant separated from the herd
Elephas maximus, Indian elephant
Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male
African elephant, Loxodonta africana
an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
mammoth
any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
gomphothere
extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene
white elephant
albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
Mammuthus primigenius, northern mammoth, woolly mammoth
very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere
Mammuthus columbi, columbian mammoth
a variety of mammoth
Archidiskidon imperator, imperial elephant, imperial mammoth
largest known mammoth; of America
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pachyderm
any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
proboscidean, proboscidian
massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk

n the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

Type of:
allegory, emblem
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
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