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elephant
noun pl. elephants or elephant
any of an order (Proboscidea) of huge, thick-skinned, almost hairless mammals, the largest of extant four-footed animals, with a long, flexible snout (called a trunk) and, usually, two ivory tusks growing out of the upper jaw: the two existing species are the (Elephas maximus), which is commonly domesticated and is an endangered species, and the (Loxodonta africana), which has a flatter head and larger ears
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