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Chryselephantine
Chryselephantine Chrys`el*e*phan"tine, a. [Gr. chryso`s gold + ? made of ivory, fr. ? ivory, elephant.] Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory. Note: The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments.
Elephansy
Elephansy El"e*phan*sy, n. [L. elephantia.] Elephantiasis. [Obs.] --Holland.
Elephantiac
Elephantiac El`e*phan"ti*ac, a. (Med.) Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
Elephantoid
Elephantoid El"e*phan*toid` (?; 277), Elephantoidal El`e*phan*toid"al, a. [Elephant + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.
Elephantoidal
Elephantoid El"e*phan*toid` (?; 277), Elephantoidal El`e*phan*toid"al, a. [Elephant + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.
Pad elephant
Pad elephant Pad elephant An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for carrying passengers.
Sea elephant
Sea elephant Sea" el"e*phant (Zo["o]l.) A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.
sea elephant
Seal Seal (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG. selah, Dan. s[ae]l, Sw. sj["a]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo["o]l.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocid[ae] and Otariid[ae]. Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal, fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal (Cystophora crustata), and the ringed seal (Phoca f[oe]tida), are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant. Harbor seal (Zo["o]l.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish.
Water elephant
Water elephant Wa"ter el"e*phant (Zo["o]l.) The hippopotamus. [R.]
White elephant
White elephant White elephant Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome possession. [Slang]

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- Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African...
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- Realms - Firepower Matters". Archived from the original on 2001-11-01. Elephan (November 15, 2008). "Duke Nukem Zero Hour N64 by GT Interactive". The...
- doi:10.1073/pnas.1422018112. PMC 4284541. Cuvier, Georges (1806). "Sur les éléphans vivans et fossiles". Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 8: 1–68. Cuvier...
- Conservation Evidence. hat Works in Conservation. "Elephant Tracking Collars". ElephanTTrackinG. Retrieved 16 January 2020. "Kenya Wildlife Service". Archived...
- Philosophical Society. 98 (4): 279–281. Cuvier, Georges (1806). "Sur les éléphans vivans et fossiles". Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 8: 1–68. Cuvier...
- that he sometimes gets carried away. His English name is Colonel Bird. Elephan - An anthropomorphic elephant (ゾウ zou) who is the King of Stoll, Kantonia...
- Anisyutkin, 2006 Calolamprodes characterosa (Walker, 1868) Calolamprodes elephan Anisyutkin, 2006 Calolamprodes formosus Anisyutkin, 2006 Calolamprodes...
- Wales Maratus electricus Otto & Hill, 2017 – Western Australia Maratus elephans Otto & Hill, 2015 – New South Wales Maratus eliasi Baehr & Whyte, 2016...
- unicorn (Unicornis), lynx (Lynx), griffin (Gryps), part of elephant (Elephans). Near folio 21 verso two illuminations of the ox (Bos), camel (Camelus)...