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African elephant
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noun, plural el·e·phants, (especially collectively) el·e·phant for 1.
1.
either of two large, five-toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip, including Loxodonta africana (African elephant), with enormous flapping ears, two fingerlike projections at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks, and Elephas maximus (Indian elephant), with smaller ears, one projection at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks almost exclusively in males: L. africana is threatened; E. maximus is endangered.
2.
a representation of this animal, used in the U.S. since 1874 as the emblem of the Republican party.
4.
Chiefly British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 23 × 28 inches (58 × 71 cm).
Compare double elephant.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin elephantus < Greek elephant- (stem of eléphās) elephant; replacing Middle English olifaunt < Anglo-French < Vulgar Latin *olifantus, for Latin elephantus (with regular Latin o from e before dark l)
1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin elephantus < Greek elephant- (stem of eléphās) elephant; replacing Middle English olifaunt < Anglo-French < Vulgar Latin *olifantus, for Latin elephantus (with regular Latin o from e before dark l)
Related forms
el·e·phan·toid, adjective
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| african elephant | |
noun | |
| an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks |
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