資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,
hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},
a large tree related to the orange.
{Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in
fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.
{Elephant beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any very large beetle of the
genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family
{Scarab[ae]id[ae]}. They inhabit West Africa.
{Elephant fish} (Zo["o]l.), a chim[ae]roid fish
({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like
projection of the snout.
{Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.
{Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 263/4 [times] 40
inches. See Note under {Paper}.
{Elephant seal} (Zo["o]l.), an African jumping shrew
({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a
proboscis.
{Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of
the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.
{Elephant's foot} (Bot.)
(a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),
which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of
bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also
{tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,
whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.
(b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.
{Elephant's tusk} (Zo["o]l.), the tooth shell. See
{Dentalium}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
elephant seal
n : either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having
snouts like trunks [syn: {sea elephant}]