elephant

Noun
  1. is a type of:
    • pachyderm - any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
    • proboscidean, proboscidian - massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
    subtypes:
    • rogue elephant - a wild and vicious elephant separated from the herd
    • elephas maximus, indian elephant - Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male
    • african elephant, loxodonta africana - an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
    • mammoth - any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
    • gomphothere - extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene
    belongs to: elephantidae, family elephantidae - elephants
    has:
    • tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
    • proboscis, trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephant
  2. is a type of: allegory, emblem - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

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