Elephant

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• Elephant

  ·noun Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. II. Elephant ·noun A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of whi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pad elephant

  ·add. ·- An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for ...

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• Sea elephant

  ·- A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It s...

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• Water elephant

  ·- The <<Hippopotamus>>. ...

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• White elephant

  ·add. ·- Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome posses...

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• Elephant Yard

  North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (L.C.C. List, 1901 and 1912). Not named in th...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• elephant-fish

  n. a fish of New Zealand, SouthAustralian, and Tasmanian waters, Callorhynchusantarcticus, Lacep., ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• elephant-fish

  The Chimæra callorynchus, named from the proboscis-like process on its nose. Though inferior to many...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• to see the elephant

  is a South-western phrase, and means, generally, to undergo any disappointment of high-raised expect...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.