Thesaurus: elephant

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1. n. 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. n. Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
3. n. five-toed pachyderm
4. n. the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
5. A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species,Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, areknown. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusksproceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards.The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants arethe largest land animals now existing.
6. n:100 n. five-toed pachyderm n. the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874