" african elephant "

[Noun]  | "African elephant" 

1: elephant

Origin: 1607 ;

[Noun]  | "el*e*phant" | \ ˈe-lə-fənt \

1: a thickset, usually extremely large, nearly hairless, herbivorous mammal (family Elephantidae, the elephant family) that has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into long ivory tusks:

2: a tall, large-eared mammal (Loxodonta africana) of tropical Africa that is sometimes considered to comprise two separate species (L. africana of sub-Saharan savannas and L. cyclotis of central and western rainforests) —called also African elephant

3: a relatively small-eared mammal (Elephas maximus) of forests of southeastern Asia —called also Asian elephant, Indian elephant

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French olifant, elefant, from L. elephantus, from Greek elephant-, elephas;

[Noun]  | "elephant" 

[Noun]  | "elephants"