elephant

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“She was just going to tell me about her elephant,” he protested loudly, tugging at my hand, trying to break away from me.

From Literature

Number two: the Roman historian Livy’s book about the Second Punic War, with Rome against the invading North African armies from Carthage and Hannibal’s war elephants crossing the Alps.

From The Wall Street Journal

Originally known as shrews, the small African mammals are more closely related to elephants, manatees and aardvarks and were officially renamed as sengi in 1998.

From BBC

Researchers say the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in California elephant seals has spread to other marine mammals, including a sea otter and sea lion.

From Los Angeles Times

The KWS, which is more used to protecting larger creatures, such as lions and elephants, described last year's ruling as a "landmark case".

From BBC