el‧e‧phant /ˈeləfənt, ˈelɪfənt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: oliphant, from Greek elephas 'elephant, ivory']

1.
a very large grey animal with four legs, two tusks (=long curved teeth) and a trunk (=long nose) that it can use to pick things up

2. the elephant in the (living) room an important subject or problem that everyone knows about but no one mentions:
The race issue is the elephant in the room in this election.
⇒ white elephant

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elephant
noun
ADJ. African | Asian, Indian | bull, cow | baby | trained | wild | rogue
QUANT. herd
VERB + ELEPHANT hunt, poach | cull | drive, herd, round up
ELEPHANT + VERB trumpet | charge, stampede | trample sb
ELEPHANT + NOUN herd | tusk | conservation

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