Elephant

  • 21Elephant — Taxobox name = Elephant image width = 250px image caption = An African Bush Elephant near the border of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Mammalia ordo …

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  • 22Éléphant — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Éléphant (homonymie). Nom vernaculaire ou nom normalisé ambigu : Le terme « Éléphant » s applique en français à plusieurs taxons distincts …

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  • 23elephant — elephantoid, adj. /el euh feuhnt/, n., pl. elephants, (esp. collectively) elephant for 1. 1. either of two large, five toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip,… …

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  • 24éléphant — (é lé fan) s. m. 1°   Grand et gros mammifère de l ordre des pachydermes, qui se distingue par sa trompe et ses longues défenses. •   On exposait anciennement les personnes coupables aux éléphants qui les écrasaient, VAUGELAS Q. C. X, 9, dans… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 25ELEPHANT — Archaeological finds of ivory objects made from elephant tusks have been found in Israel dating back to prehistoric and Chalcolithic times. It is assumed that wild elephants were still present in Syria during the second and first millennia B.C.E …

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  • 26elephant — n. 1) a rogue ( wild ) elephant 2) elephants trumpet 3) a herd of elephants 4) a young elephant is a calf 5) a female elephant is a cow 6) a male elephant is a bull * * * [ elɪfənt] a female elephant is a cow a herd of elephants a male elephant… …

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  • 27elephant — noun (plural elephants; also elephant) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French olifant, elefant, from L. elephantus, from Greek elephant , elephas Date: 14th century 1. any of a family… …

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  • 28ÉLÉPHANT — s. m. Le plus grand des quadrupèdes, qui a une trompe, et dont les dents principales, quand elles sont détachées de la bouche de l animal, s appellent Ivoire. Monter un éléphant. Gouverner un éléphant. Dresser un éléphant. La trompe d un éléphant …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 29elephant — /ˈɛləfənt / (say eluhfuhnt) noun 1. either of two very large, herbivorous mammals of the family Elephantidae, the Loxodonta africana of Africa (African elephant) and the somewhat smaller Elephas maximus of India and neighbouring regions (Indian… …

  • 30elephant — n. (pl. same or elephants) 1 the largest living land animal, of which two species survive, the larger African (Loxodonta africana) and the smaller Indian (Elephas maximus), both with a trunk and long curved ivory tusks. 2 a size of paper (711 x… …

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