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LOXODONTA AFRICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Loxodonta africana mean? 

LOXODONTA AFRICANA (noun)
  The noun LOXODONTA AFRICANA has 1 sense:

1. an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusksplay

  Familiarity information: LOXODONTA AFRICANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOXODONTA AFRICANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

African elephant; Loxodonta africana

Hypernyms ("Loxodonta africana" is a kind of...):

elephant (five-toed pachyderm)

Holonyms ("Loxodonta africana" is a member of...):

genus Loxodonta; Loxodonta (a genus of Elephantidae)


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