elephant Definition

elephant
noun

elephants, elephant
1. The largest living land animal, with thick greyish skin, a nose in the form of a long hanging trunk, and two curved tusks, surviving in two species, the African elephant having larger ears and a flatter head than the Asian elephant which is usually called the Indian elephant. See also pink elephant, white elephant.

Derivative: elephantoid
adj

Elephant-like.

Etymology: 14c as olifans: from Latin elephantus, from Greek elephas.