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elephantinea. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. : cf. F. éléphantin.].
Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.


elephantine, adj.
1 of elephants.
2 a huge. b clumsy, unwieldy (elephantine movements; elephantine humour).

L elephantinus f. Gk elephantinos (as ELEPHANT)



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