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What does elephant mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word elephant? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
  2. (figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
  3. (paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches×22 inches.
  4. (childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second.
  5. (obsolete) ivory
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The boy possesses the uncanny ability to eat like an elephant and remain as skinny as a stick.
It must be dissolved slowly in water, over several days and then filtered to remove traces of Acacia tree bark, elephant hide and rhino horn.
Fur seals, elephant seals, and the great whales were all hunted to the brink of extinction.
The elephant is the largest vegetarian of all, with a sophisticated social life, loving and affectionately caring for its own.
In the desolate reaches of Africa, the real thrill of hunting a leopard and an elephant is alive and kicking.
Whereas the goat, dog, cow, and cat are domesticated, the antelope, leopard, elephant, waterbuck, manatee, and hippopotamus must be hunted.

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