Sekirov Dictionary

elephantine

/ɛl.əˈfæn.tin/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

•
Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of elephants.
- The scene around them was currently plunged into gloom. Dark mists swirled round them and elephantine shapes lurked indistinctly in the shadows. — 1979
•
Very large.
- Ugly, clumsy and far from silent, with elephantine point mechanisms at the car sheds, it nevertheless works and has been brought up to date electrically for further public service. — 1964

noun1

Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae of elephants and their extinct close relatives.

forms

elephantines · more elephantine · most elephantine

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