单词 | bush elephant |
释义 | > as lemmasbush elephant bush elephant n. the savannah elephant, Loxodonta africana africana. ΚΠ 1899 Agric. Jrnl. (Dept. Agric. Cape Good Hope) 19 Jan. 93 The Addo Bush elephant..presents such marked differences from the Central African elephant that it will have to be regarded as a distinct species.] 1922 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 21 93 It would seem probable that the big bush elephant most nearly represents the ancestral stock, whether indigenous or introduced. 1958 R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans On Track of Unknown Animals xvi. 361 A male bush elephant often stands more than 11 feet high. 2011 Vanity Fair Aug. 134/2 Forest elephants..generally have smaller ears and shorter, harder, straighter, more orange tusks than the savanna or bush elephants. < as lemmas |
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