Definition of "elephant" []

• Either of two very large herbivorous mammals, Elephas maximus of south-central Asia or Loxodonta africana of Africa, having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long curved tusks of ivory, and, in the African species, large fan-shaped ears. (noun)
• Any of various extinct or living animals related to either of these two animals. (noun)

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• "While you may think the elephant is yours and yours alone, even the most solitary of projects are easier to digest with the right team and network in place."
• "In Arabian literature the elephant is always connected with India."
• "This lower jaw seemed incomprehensible, almost a monstrosity -- until it occurred to me that it exactly corresponds to the elongated upper lip and nose which we call the elephant's trunk -- and that the trunk of "Tetrabelodon" must have rested on his long lower jaw."