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Elephantine

Elephantine Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Elephantine? [adj] of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Elephantine: big \| gargantuan \| giant \| jumbo \| large Related Terms \| Find terms related to Elephantine: abysmal \| arid \| astronomic \| Atlantean \| awkward \| barren \| blah \| blank \| bloodless \| bombastic \| Brobdingnagian \| bulky \| characterless \| clumsy \| cold \| colorless \| colossal \| cramped \| cumbersome \| cumbrous \| Cyclopean \| dead \| dismal \| draggy \| drearisome \| dreary \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| dusty \| effete \| elephantlike \| empty \| enormous \| epic \| etiolated \| fade \| flat \| forced \| formal \| Gargantuan \| giant \| giantlike \| gigantic \| graceless \| guinde \| halting \| heavy \| heavy-handed \| Herculean \| heroic \| ho-hum \| hollow \| Homeric \| huge \| hulking \| hulky \| immense \| inane \| inexcitable \| infinite \| inkhorn \| insipid \| jejune \| jumbo \| labored \| Latinate \| leaden \| lifeless \| low-spirited \| lubberly \| lumbering \| lumpish \| lumpy \| maladroit \| mammoth \| massive \| massy \| mighty \| monster \| monstrous \| monumental \| mountainous \| pale \| pallid \| pedestrian \| plodding \| pointless \| poky \| pompous \| ponderous \| prodigious \| profound \| sesquipedalian \| slow \| solemn \| spiritless \| sterile \| stiff \| stilted \| stodgy \| stuffy \| stupendous \| superficial \| tasteless \| tedious \| titanic \| towering \| tremendous \| turgid \| ungraceful \| uninspired \| unlively \| unwieldy \| vapid \| vast \| wooden See Also \| Elephantine In Webster's Dictionary \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. ?: cf. F. ['e]l['e]phantin.] Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. {Elephantine epoch} (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell. {Elephantine tortoise} (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., {Testudo elephantina}, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and {T. elephantopus}, from the Galapagos Islands.

Elephantine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elephantine?

[adj] of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

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Elephantine In Webster's Dictionary

\El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.
?: cf. F. ['e]l['e]phantin.]
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant
(commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of
elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.

{Elephantine epoch} (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the
   existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.

{Elephantine tortoise} (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise;
   esp., {Testudo elephantina}, from islands in the Indian
   Ocean; and {T. elephantopus}, from the Galapagos Islands.

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