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Definition of elephants:

elephants (noun):: a relatively small-eared mammal (elephas maximus) of forests of southeastern asia; a tall, large-eared mammal (loxodonta africana) of tropical africa that is sometimes considered to comprise two separate species (l. africana of sub-saharan savannas and l. cyclotis of central and western rainforests); a thickset, usually extremely large, nearly hairless, herbivorous mammal (family elephantidae, the elephant family) that has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into long ivory tusks

Synonyms for elephants:

amazons

behemoths

blockbusters

colossi

dinosaurs

dreadnoughts

elephant

giants

goliaths

jumbos

leviathans

mammoths

mastodons

monsters

titans

whales

whoppers

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