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Meaning of elephant trunk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, trunk.
An extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.

Examples

“However, the behaviour of the molecular emission in elephant trunks and cometary globules clearly indicated the presence of neighbouring massive stars […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

elephant trunkfish elephant walk elephant-ear tree elephant's ear elephant's foot elephant's snout volute