WATER ELEPHANT meaning: Large mammal adapted to aquatic environments - OneLook

Usually means: Large mammal adapted to aquatic environments.

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water elephant: Merriam-Webster
water-elephant, water elephant: Wordnik
water elephant: Wiktionary
Water elephant: Dictionary.com
Water elephant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
Water elephant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
water-elephant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
water elephant: FreeDictionary.org
Water elephant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (water elephant)

▸ noun: (archaic) A hippopotamus.

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oliphant, olifant, river horse, oliphaunt, common hippopotamus, hippopotamus, he-elephant, hippopotamid, elephant, war elephant, more...

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oliphant, olifant, river horse, oliphaunt, common hippopotamus, hippopotamus, he-elephant, hippopotamid, elephant, war elephant, more...

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