ELEPHANT

Elephant

Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea. Traditionally, two species are recognised, the African elephant and the Asian elephant, although some evidence suggests that African bush elephants and African forest elephants are separate species . Elephants are scattered throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Elephantidae are the only surviving family of the order proboscidea; other, now extinct, families of the order include mammoths and mastodons. The largest living terrestrial animals, male African elephants can reach a height of and weigh . All elephants have several distinctive features the most ...

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elephant

Noun

  1. A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
  2. Anything huge and ponderous.
  3. A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
  4. used when counting to add length.
    Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant...


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