ELEPHANT
ADJECTIVES
► ELEPHANTINE pert. to elephants → 1675
NOUNS
► CAN the hollow part of an elephant’s trunk → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► CARRY-CASTLE an elephant, which carries a castle → 1598 obs.
► ELEPHANTICIDE the killing of an elephant → 1855
► ELEPHANTSHIP the personality of an elephant → 1882 humorous usage
► ELEPHANT’S TEETH tusks, ivory → a1398
► HAND the trunk of an elephant → 1607 obs.
► HEFFALUMP an imaginary creature resembling an elephant; also, an elephant → 1926 colloq.
► IVORY an elephant tusk → 1894
► NOSE an elephant’s trunk → a1398
► OLIFANT ► OLIFAUNT ► OLIPHANT an elephant → a1300 arch.
► SNOUT the trunk of an elephant → c1220
► TUSKER an elephant or wild boar → 1859
NOUNS – PERSON
► CARNAC the driver of an elephant; a mahout → 1704
► MAHOOT ► MAHOTE ► MAHOUT an elephant driver → 1662 Indian
VERBS
► BARR to utter the peculiar cry of an elephant → 1653 obs.
► BARY to utter the peculiar cry of an elephant → 1594 obs.
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