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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 elephantSea 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 elephantSeal 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. Stephanion
Stephanion Ste*pha"ni*on, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a crown.]
(Anat.)
The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line,
or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal
suture.
StephaniteStephanite Steph"an*ite, n. [So named after the Archduke
Stephan, mining director of Austria.] (Min.)
A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and
metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle
silver ore. StephanotisStephanotis Steph`a*no"tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? fit for a
crown, fr. ? crown.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of
Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous
opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.
2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of
Stephanotis floribunda. Stephanotis floribundaStephanotis Steph`a*no"tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? fit for a
crown, fr. ? crown.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of
Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous
opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.
2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of
Stephanotis floribunda. 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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