mucknan.

c1780 R. Lindsay in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 194 The mukna, or elephant born without teeth, is thought the best.

1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister Trav. Ceylon & Continental India vi. 207 Of the herd of elephants,..the largest, whose height does not much exceed nine feet, is a ‘Muckua’ [sic] i.e., an elephant with short, straight tusks, which never grow.

1878 G. P. Sanderson Thirteen Years among Wild Beasts of India vi. 66 Mucknas breed in the herds, and the peculiarity is not hereditary nor transmitted.

1886 G. Yule in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 454/1 I can distinctly call to mind 6 mucknas that I had..out of 30 or 40 elephants that passed through my hands.

1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts I. vi. 226 A tiger sprang from the grass, and seized a large muckna (tuskless male) by the trunk.

1999 Elephantine Concerns in soc.culture.indian (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Mar. The lawmakers asked the Government to make sure that ‘a suitable sanctuary and support is available for the Makhna upon his release’.

1999 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 18 Apr. 15 Most of these elephants were about 10 feet high when fully grown. Only the males had tusks, but there are some naturally tuskless males, known as muknas.