elephants Definition

a thickset, usually extremely large, nearly hairless, herbivorous mammal (family Elephantidae, the elephant family) that has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into long ivory tusks:

a tall, large-eared mammal (Loxodonta africana) of tropical Africa that is sometimes considered to comprise two separate species (L. africana of sub-Saharan savannas and L. cyclotis of central and western rain forests) —called also African elephant

a relatively small-eared mammal (Elephas maximus) of forests of southeastern Asia —called also Asian elephant, Indian elephant

hallucinations arising especially from heavy drinking or use of narcotics

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an obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging

any of several large-leaved plants of the arum family: such as

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any of a genus (Alocasia) of tropical Asian perennial herbs cultivated as ornamentals for their large heavily veined basal leaves

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a vicious elephant that separates from the herd and roams alone

one whose behavior resembles that of a rogue elephant in being aberrant or independent

an Asian elephant of a pale color that is sometimes venerated in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Myanmar

a property requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit

an object no longer of value to its owner but of value to others