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elephants

noun as in large mammal

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A natural-gas turbine can be bigger than a bus and as heavy, give or take, as a herd of elephants.

Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of new vaccine to prevent a deadly virus that affects young elephants.

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The suspension of the broadcasts will disrupt viewers peek at the zoo's pandas, lions, elephants and naked mole rats.

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The monologue proceeded like so for a while before Kimmel paused again to speak to whatever angry or skeptical elephants may still be left in the room.

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In 2012, Shankar was shifted to a new enclosure that left him virtually in solitary confinement - despite a 2009 federal ban on keeping elephants alone for more than six months.

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

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