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elephantoid, a.|ɛlɪˈfæntɔɪd|
[f. Gr. ἐλέϕας, ἐλέϕαντο-ς elephant + -ειδής like (cf. Gr. ἐλεϕαντώδης): see -oid.]
a. Elephant-like.
b. Of or belonging to elephant-like animals. So elephantoidal, a.
1841J. Trimmer Pract. Geol. 407 No elephantoid remains. 1856Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xix. (1876) 371 True elephantoid genera, as the..mammoth. 1857H. Miller Test. Rocks ii. 89 The Mastodon, an elephantoid animal. |
