elefante

Definitions of elefante
  1. noun
    five-toed pachyderm
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    elefante asiático
    Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male
    elefante africano
    an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
    mamut
    any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
    elefante blanco
    albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
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    paquidermo
    any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
    proboscídeo
    massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
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