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Definition of asian elephant
asian elephant
Plural:asian elephants
asian elephant Lexical Profile
CEFR
B1
Grade
4
Tier
2
Usage
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• noun
1
A large, herbivorous land mammal (Elephas maximus) native to South and Southeast Asia, physically characterized by a twin-domed head, relatively small ears, and a trunk ending in a single prehensile extension.
Example
"The Asian elephant holds significant cultural reverence in many eastern countries, yet it remains critically threatened by habitat fragmentation and poaching."
Synonyms
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Word Origin & Etymology
The phrase combines 'Asian', deriving from Latin 'Asia' (from Greek 'Asía') with the English suffix '-n', and 'elephant', tracing back to Old French 'olifant' from Latin 'elephantus' and Greek 'elephas'.
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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Asian elephant. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Oct 12, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/asian elephant