" elephants "

[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]  | "African elephant" 

1: elephant

Origin: 1607 ;

[Noun]  | "Asian elephant" 

1: elephant

Origin: 1780 ;

[Noun]  | "Asiatic elephant" 

1: elephant

Origin: 1763 ;

[Noun]  | "elephant's ear" 

1: any of several large-leaved plants of the arum family: such as

2: taro

3: any of a genus (Alocasia) of tropical Asian perennial herbs cultivated as ornamentals for their large heavily veined basal leaves

Origin: 1866 ;

[Noun]  | "Indian elephant" 

1: elephant

Origin: 1555 ;

[Noun]  | "rogue elephant" 

1: a vicious elephant that separates from the herd and roams alone

2: one whose behavior resembles that of a rogue elephant in being aberrant or independent

Origin: 1835 ;

[Noun]  | "white elephant" 

1: an Asian elephant of a pale color that is sometimes venerated in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Myanmar

2: a property requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit

3: an object no longer of value to its owner but of value to others

Origin: 15th century ;

[Plural noun]  | "pink elephants" 

1: hallucinations arising especially from heavy drinking or use of narcotics

Origin: 1940 ;

[Noun phrase]  | "elephant in the room" 

1: an obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging

Origin: 1985 ;

[Noun]  | "elephants" 

[Noun]  | "elephant" 

[Noun]  | "white elephants"