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Meaning of oliphant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. An elephant.
    archaic, historical
  3. An ancient ivory hunting-horn.

Equivalents

Français oliphant

Examples

“She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. […] His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnowes where he feeds His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.”

CEFR level

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

oliphaunt olisbos olistolith olistostrome OLith. olitiau

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