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Proboscidea :: Proboscidea (n. pl.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.

Calf :: Calf (n.) The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale..

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an elephant.

Elephantoid :: Elephantoid (a.) Alt. of Elephantoida.

Ponderous :: Ponderous (a.) Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant..

Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc..

Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..

Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk..

Kraal :: Kraal (n.) An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated.

Spoor :: Spoor (n.) The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa..

Albino :: Albino (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll..

Mastodon :: Mastodon (n.) An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time..

Talon :: Talon (n.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

Olifant :: Olifant (n.) An elephant.

Howdah :: Howdah (n.) A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders..

Tusk :: Tusk (n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth..

Elephantoidal :: Elephantoidal (a.) Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.

Elephantiasis :: Elephantiasis (n.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide..

Ivory :: Ivory (n.) The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc..

Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..

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