| English Dictionary |
LOXODONTA AFRICANA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Loxodonta africana mean?
• LOXODONTA AFRICANA (noun)
The noun LOXODONTA AFRICANA has 1 sense:
1. an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
Familiarity information: LOXODONTA AFRICANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
African elephant; Loxodonta africana
Hypernyms ("Loxodonta africana" is a kind of...):
elephant (five-toed pachyderm)
Holonyms ("Loxodonta africana" is a member of...):
genus Loxodonta; Loxodonta (a genus of Elephantidae)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." (English proverb)
"You cannot hunt with a tied dog." (Albanian proverb)
"Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on." (Arabic proverb)
"The word goes out but the message is lost." (Corsican proverb)
"You cannot hunt with a tied dog." (Albanian proverb)
"Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on." (Arabic proverb)
"The word goes out but the message is lost." (Corsican proverb)