elephantoidadj.
/ɛlɪˈfantɔɪd/ (a) Elephant-like. (b) Of or belonging to elephant-like animals.
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elephantic1598
elephantine1675
elephantoid1841
1841 J. Trimmer Pract. Geol. 407 No elephantoid remains.
1856 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (1876) xix. 371 True elephantoid genera, as the..mammoth.
1857 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks ii. 89 The Mastodon, an elephantoid animal.
Derivatives
elephantoidal adj.
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adj.1841- to fly the sheet
- to fly the track
- to fly to arms
- to fly to the mark
- to fly to, up in, into the wind
- to fly waste
- to fly with
- to foam off
- to fob a person of or out of
- to fob in
- to fob of or out of
- to fob off
- to fodder on
- to fodder upon
- to fode forth
- to fode occasionally forward
- to fode off
- to fode on
- to fode out
- to fog off
- to foin at a person or with
- to foin at a person or with a weapon
- to foin at or with
- to foin at or with a weapon
- to foist in