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Elephant

Elephant Meaning & Definition
Elephant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elephant?

[n] five-toed pachyderm
[n] the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

Synonyms | Synonyms for Elephant:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Elephant: aardvark | aardwolf | alpaca | Angora goat | anteater | antelope | antelope chipmunk | aoudad | apar | Arctic fox | armadillo | ass | aurochs | badger | bandicoot | bassarisk | bat | bear | beast of burden | beaver | Belgian hare | bettong | binturong | bison | black bear | black buck | black cat | black fox | black sheep | blue fox | bobcat | brown bear | brush deer | brush wolf | buffalo | buffalo wolf | burro | burro deer | cachalot | Caffre cat | camel | camelopard | capybara | carabao | caribou | carpincho | cat | catamount | cat-a-mountain | cattalo | cavy | chamois | cheetah | chevrotain | chinchilla | chipmunk | cinnamon bear | coon | coon cat | cotton mouse | cotton rat | cougar | cow | coyote | coypu | deer | deer tiger | dingo | dinosaur | dog | donkey | dormouse | draft animal | dromedary | echidna | eland | elk | ermine | eyra | fallow deer | ferret | field mouse | fisher | fitch | flying phalanger | foumart | fox | fox squirrel | gazelle | gemsbok | genet | giraffe | glutton | gnu | gnu goat | goat | goat antelope | gopher | grizzly bear | ground squirrel | groundhog | guanaco | guinea pig | hamster | hare | harnessed antelope | hartebeest | hathi | hedgehog | hippo | hippopotamus | hog | horse | husky | hyena | hyrax | ibex | Indian buffalo | jackal | jackass | jackrabbit | jaguar | jaguarundi | jerboa | jerboa kangaroo | Jumbo | kaama | kangaroo | kangaroo mouse | kangaroo rat | karakul | kinkajou | kit fox | koala | Kodiak bear | lapin | lemming | leopard | leopard cat | leviathan | lion | llama | lynx | malamute | mammoth | mara | marmot | marten | mastodon | meerkat | mink | mole | mongoose | monster | moose | mouflon | mountain goat | mountain lion | mountain sheep | mouse | mule | mule deer | muntjac | musk deer | musk hog | musk-ox | muskrat | musquash | nilgai | nutria | ocelot | okapi | onager | oont | opossum | otter | ounce | ox | pachyderm | pack horse | pack rat | painter | panda | pangolin | panther | peccary | peludo | phalanger | pig | pine mouse | platypus | pocket gopher | pocket mouse | pocket rat | polar bear | polar fox | polecat | porcupine | possum | pouched rat | poyou | prairie dog | prairie wolf | pronghorn | puma | rabbit | raccoon | rat | red deer | red squirrel | reindeer | rhino | rhinoceros | river horse | roe | roe deer | roebuck | sable | serval | sheep | shrew | shrew mole | Siberian husky | sika | silver fox | skunk | sledge dog | sloth | snowshoe rabbit | springbok | squirrel | stoat | sumpter | sumpter horse | sumpter mule | suslik | swamp rabbit | swine | takin | tamandua | tamarin | tapir | tarpan | tatou | tatou peba | tatouay | tiger | tiger cat | timber wolf | tree shrew | urus | Virginia deer | vole | wallaby | warthog | water buffalo | waterbuck | weasel | whale | wharf rat | whistler | white fox | wild ass | wild boar | wild goat | wild ox | wildcat | wildebeest | wolf | wolverine | wombat | wood rat | woodchuck | woolly mammoth | yak | zebra | zebu | zoril

See Also | African elephant | allegory | Elephantidae | Elephas maximus | emblem | family Elephantidae | gomphothere | Indian elephant | Loxodonta africana | mammoth | proboscidean | proboscidian | rogue elephant

Elephant In Webster's Dictionary

\El"e*phant\, n. [OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant, F. ['e]l['e]phant, L. elephantus, elephas, -antis, fr. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin; perh. fr. Skr. ibha, with the Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or fr. Semitic Aleph hindi Indian bull; or cf. Goth. ulbandus camel, AS. olfend.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. [Obs.] --Dryden. {Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum}, a large tree related to the orange. {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell. {Elephant beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any very large beetle of the genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family {Scarab[ae]id[ae]}. They inhabit West Africa. {Elephant fish} (Zo["o]l.), a chim[ae]roid fish ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like projection of the snout. {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches. {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 263/4 [times] 40 inches. See Note under {Paper}. {Elephant seal} (Zo["o]l.), an African jumping shrew ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a proboscis. {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves. {Elephant's foot} (Bot.) (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}. (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds. {Elephant's tusk} (Zo["o]l.), the tooth shell. See {Dentalium}.

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