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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. Related Definitions: And, Are, Curving, Elephant, Existing, Extremity, Fossil, From, Have, Ivory, Jaw, Known, Land, Large, Living, Mammal, Molar, Now, Of, Or, Order, Proboscis, Proceeding, Several, Species, Teeth, The, They, Transverse, Trunk, Tusk, Two, Upper, Upwards, Which |
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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 |
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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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