elephant
/ˈɛləfənt/ noun A2- A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
- Anything huge and ponderous.
- Synonym of elephant paper.
- A xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.
Plural elephants
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Then he was hit with a bullet from an elephant gun in the action near Diamond Hill outside Pretoria.
I got an elephant bullet through my shoulder.
So that some say he looks like a bird; and some say he looks like an elephant; and some say he looks like a cat.
It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, with a body as big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk.
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