AFRICAN ELEPHANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does African elephant mean? 

• AFRICAN ELEPHANT (noun)
  The noun AFRICAN ELEPHANT has 1 sense:

1. an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks

  Familiarity information: AFRICAN ELEPHANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFRICAN ELEPHANT (noun)

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Meaning:

An elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

African elephant; Loxodonta africana

Hypernyms ("African elephant" is a kind of...):

elephant (five-toed pachyderm)

Holonyms ("African elephant" is a member of...):

genus Loxodonta; Loxodonta (a genus of Elephantidae)