pachyderm

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There is hope that once Osh, a male, arrives at the sanctuary, the 30-year-old pachyderm will reunite with Donna, the zoo’s last remaining female African elephant that was relocated there last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

The pachyderm is expected to return to Sri Lanka after treatment, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has said, and animal welfare activists hope he will be sent to a sanctuary.

From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023

The pachyderm rituals would not have seemed out of place at a human funeral: Some stood in quiet order while observing Tolstoy's remains, and others gently touched his body with their trunks.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2023

Mr Renjith sees the pachyderm at least once in two months.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2023

Frank Zhang: lumbering klutz, child of Mars, part-time pachyderm.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan