El'e-phant, n.
n. [Lat. elephantus, elephas, Gr. ἐλέφας, either from Skr. ibhas, with the Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or from Semitic Aleph hindi, Indian bull. Cf. Lat. bos Lucas, Lucanian ox, the old Latin name of the elephant; A-S. elp, ylp.]
Sense 1. (Zoöl.) A quadruped of the tribe of pachyderms, of two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, characterized by a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. They are among the largest quadrupeds now existing.
Sense 2. Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. [Obs.] Dryden.
