| NOUN | animal | elephant | five-toed pachyderm |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | elephant | the symbol of the Republican Party |
| Sounds | eh'lahfahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Five-toed pachyderm. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Elephantidae, family Elephantidae | elephants |
| Parts | proboscis, trunk | A long flexible snout as of an elephant |
| tusk | A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging | |
| Narrower | African elephant, Loxodonta africana | An elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks |
| Indian elephant, Elephas maximus | Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male | |
| gomphothere | Extinct elephants of Central American and South America | |
| mammoth | Any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene | |
| rogue elephant | A wild and vicious elephant separated from the herd | |
| Broader | pachyderm | Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin |
| proboscidean, proboscidian | massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk | |
| Spanish | elefante, elephantidae | |
| Catalan | elefant | |
| Meaning | The symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | emblem, allegory | A visible symbol representing an abstract idea |
| Spanish | elefante | |
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