Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Elephant crushing — Elephant crushing, or a training crush is a supposed method by which wild elephants can be tamed for domestication, using restriction in a cage, sometimes with the use of corporal punishment or negative reinforcement. This practice is condemned… … Wikipedia
elephant — [el′ə fənt] n. pl. elephants or elephant [ME elefaunt < L elephantus < Gr elephas (gen. elephantos), elephant, ivory < ? Berber elu, elephant + Egypt Ȝ bw, elephant, ivory] any of an order (Proboscidea) of huge, thick skinned, almost… … English World dictionary
elephant — ► NOUN (pl. same or elephants) ▪ a very large plant eating mammal with a trunk, long curved tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. DERIVATIVES elephantoid adjective. ORIGIN Greek elephas ivory, elephant … English terms dictionary
Elephant — Taxobox name = Elephant image width = 250px image caption = An African Bush Elephant near the border of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Mammalia ordo … Wikipedia
elephant — elephantoid, adj. /el euh feuhnt/, n., pl. elephants, (esp. collectively) elephant for 1. 1. either of two large, five toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip,… … Universalium
Elephant joke — An elephant joke is a joke, almost always an absurd riddle or conundrum and often a sequence of such, that involves an elephant. Elephant jokes were a fad in the 1960s, with many people constructing large numbers of them according to a set… … Wikipedia
Elephant Man (musician) — Infobox musical artist Name = Elephant Man Landscape = No Background = solo singer Birth name = O Neil Bryan Alias = The Energy God, Ele Born = birth date and age|1975|9|11 Died = Origin = Kingston, Jamaica Instrument = Genre = Reggae/Dancehall… … Wikipedia
Elephant (album) — Infobox Album Name = Elephant Type = studio Artist = The White Stripes Released = April 1, 2003 Recorded = November 2001, April 2002 at Toe Rag Studios and BBC Maida Vale Studio, London, England Genre = Alternative rock, Blues Rock Length = 49:56 … Wikipedia
elephant — el•e•phant [[t]ˈɛl ə fənt[/t]] n. pl. phants, (esp. collectively) phant for1. 1) zool. mam either of two very large five toed mammals of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long prehensile trunk and large tusks esp. in the males,… … From formal English to slang
elephant shrew — any of several African insectivores of the family Macroscelididae, having long hind legs and a long, sensitive snout. [1865 70] * * * ▪ mammal any of 16 species of rat sized African mammals (mammal) named for their long, tapered, and flexible… … Universalium
