| 单词 | elephantine epoch |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselephantine epoch 1. Of or pertaining to an elephant, or elephants. elephantine epoch (Geology): the period marked by the abundance of large pachydermata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [adjective] > relating to elephants elephantic1598 elephantine1675 elephantoid1841 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xix. 239 Find a word of truth you never will In those that come through th' Elephantine tooth. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. i. 26 Their Garment was an Elephantine Hide. 1769 W. Hunter in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 46 It was true elephantine ivory. a1794 W. Jones Tales (1807) 180 Chaste elephantine bone By min'rals ting'd. 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 145 An elephantine mammal. 1875 Wonders Physical World II. iv. 300 Fossil elephantine remains. < as lemmas |
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