African elephant

[ af-ri-kuhn el-uh-fuhnt ]

/ ˈæf rɪ kən ˈɛl ə fənt /

noun

an elephant of the genus Loxodonta, with two extant species, the larger African bush elephant and the African forest elephant, both found in sub-Saharan Africa and previously considered subspecies rather than genetically distinct: compared to an Asian elephant, an African elephant is larger and has enormous ears, a rounder head, a trunk ending in two fingers rather than one, and conspicuous tusks occurring in both genders.

Origin of African elephant

First recorded in 1600–20

historical usage of African elephant

See Borneo elephant.

Words nearby African elephant

African bush elephant, African-Canadian, African cherry-orange, African daisy, African dominoes, African elephant, African forest elephant, African grape, African horse sickness, Africanism, Africanist

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