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Elephantidae

noun

elephants

• Member Holonyms: ↑Proboscidea, ↑order Proboscidea

• Member Meronyms:

↑elephant, ↑Elephas, ↑genus Elephas, ↑Loxodonta, ↑genus Loxodonta, ↑Mammuthus, ↑genus Mammuthus, ↑Archidiskidon, ↑genus Archidiskidon

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\\ˌeləˈfantəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Elephant-, Elephas, type genus + -idae

: a family of bulky mammals (order Proboscidea) comprising the recent elephants and related extinct forms (as the mammoths) that differ from these chiefly in respect to their dentition and in former classifications including also the mastodons

Useful english dictionary. 2012.