elephants

Meaning

plural of elephant

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elephant

1. (countable, uncountable) A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything huge and ponderous.
4. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of elephant paper.
5. (British, childish, countable, uncountable) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
6. (obsolete, uncountable) Ivory.
7. (countable, uncountable) A xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.

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Synonyms

armour for cavalry

Translations

أفيال

elefante

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Elefant

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éléphant

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elefanti

elefante

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Proboscidea

الفيلة

فيل

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افيال

فيول

Elephantidae

Rüsseltiere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛlɪfənts/

Sentences

How big do elephants get ?