elephant

nounlarge mammal

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noun large mammal

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Word Origin & History

c.1300, olyfaunt, from Old French oliphant (12c.), from Latin elephantus, from Greek elephas (genitive elephantos) "elephant, ivory," probably from a non-Indo-European language, likely via Phoenician (cf. Hamitic elu "elephant," source of the word for it in many Semitic languages, or possibly from Sanskrit ibhah "elephant").

Re-spelled after 1550 on Latin model. As an emblem of the Republican Party in U.S. politics, 1860. To see the elephant "be acquainted with life, gain knowledge by experience" is an American English colloquialism from 1835.

Example Sentences for elephant

He will never fly at your elephant, or climb a tree, or take to the water after you!

These attack you—but run—at least the tiger, not the elephant, when you go out after him.

New-Haven enjoys an elephant that has corns, and is about to be operated on by a chiropodist.

People have so much to say about an ant's strength, and an elephant's, and a locomotive's.

Asked how he knew that an elephant was going on a journey, the illustrious Jo.

Cleopatra called him, with a note of gayety in her voice, to help her off "the elephant."

This creature looks as large as an elephant and as wild as a zebra.

What lad, on that final day, should ride within the elephant, and move his trunk?

What do I want to see anything for, if I can jest set inside that elephant?

This was our caravan, and God Almighty had created the elephant for us.

elephant

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giant

giants

pachyderm

titan

ungulate

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Goliath