Definition of Elephant

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Elephant

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.

Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.

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Elephant Quotations

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
Abraham Lincoln

My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere.
Steven Wright

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
Groucho Marx

If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.
Eddie Izzard

A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.
Jackie Kennedy

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.
Charlie Chaplin

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.
William Faulkner

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
Noel Coward

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Desmond Tutu

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
Stephen Fry

Elephant Translations

elephant in Afrikaans is olifant
elephant in Danish is elefant
elephant in Dutch is olifant
elephant in Finnish is norsu
elephant in German is Elefant
elephant in Italian is elefante
elephant in Norwegian is elefant
elephant in Portuguese is elefante
elephant in Spanish is elefante
elephant in Swedish is elefant

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