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UK
/ˈɛlɪfənt/
]
[ US /ˈɛɫəfənt/ ]
[ US /ˈɛɫəfənt/ ]
NOUN
- the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
- five-toed pachyderm
How To Use elephant In A Sentence
- But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
- The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton. Beer: A celebration of craft brewing
- The herds and bands of elephants, horses, dancing girls and musicians, and scenes from the Ramayana come alive on the outer walls of the temple.
- It is said to be similar in shape to a brontosaurus and the size of an elephant. The Sun
- There will be a daily game drive in the park to spot leopards, elephants and tropical birds. Times, Sunday Times
- A guard with a motorcycle and a shotgun could move through fields at night and work with farmers to scare elephants and hippos.
- Show no public censure for your dying elephant, either. THROWING THE ELEPHANT
- For example, the origin of ivory can be identified by its strontium isotopic composition, which reflects the diet of the elephant.
- Elephant culls are highly controversial. Times, Sunday Times
- Huge plantations of tea, coffee, and cardamom have emerged and taken over what was once prime elephant habitat.