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elephant

noun as in large mammal

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The proposals on the table attempt to strengthen protections for several shark species, weaken restrictions on trade in giraffes and open the way to limited sales of rhino horn and elephant ivory.

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Their prey included larger species such as California sea lions, northern elephant seals, gray whale calves and Pacific white-sided dolphins, and they typically hunted in groups averaging nine individuals.

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One elephant was spotted struggling to find a new path after using the location of the Ritz-Carlton as a crossing for more than a decade, Dapash said.

“Smelling elephants? That is not much to go on,” Penelope thought.

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Cryptocurrency stockpiler Strategy might have an obstacle in its path to S&P 500 inclusion — in the form of an “elephant” currently residing in the S&P Small-Cap 600 index.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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