transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-lə-fənt ]
noun
( plural elephants also elephant )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French olifant, elefant, from L. elephantus, from Greek elephant-, elephas
Date: 14th century
1. : any of a family (Elephantidae, the elephant family) of thickset usually extremely large nearly hairless herbivorous mammals that have a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into large ivory tusks and that include two living forms and various extinct relatives: as
a. : a tall large-eared mammal ( Loxodonta africana ) of tropical Africa — called also African elephant
b. : a relatively small-eared mammal ( Elephas maximus ) of forests of southeastern Asia — called also Asian elephant, Indian elephant
2. : an animal or fossil related to the elephants
3. : one that is uncommonly large or hard to manage
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elephant: 1 African, 2 Asian
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