elephantess
elephantess noun: a female elephant.
Noun
elephantess (plural elephantesses)
- A female elephant.
- I wish I could dash off a sketch of her stupendous majesty the great elephantess, with the clumsy little prince royal, the calf elephant, as they appeared when enjoying themselves in their bath; and of his royal highness the great camelopard, as he stood stretching his interminable neck over the...1854, Grace Greenwood [pseudonym; Sara Jane Lippincott], chapter III, in Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, page 54
- It was now time to bring new actors upon the stage, that the proverbial influence of the female sex might be tested upon these wild and untamed leviathans. Among the elephantesses—pardon the word—employed on this occasion was one named Siribeddi, which had earned a reputation for her skill as a...1873, W[illiam] H[enry] Davenport Adams, “The Elephant: His History and Habits”, in The Forest, the Jungle, and the Prairie; or, Scenes with the Trapper and the Hunter in Many Lands, London: T Nelson...
- Synonyms:
- cow elephant
Examples of elephantess in a sentence
- Among the elephantesses—pardon the word—employed on this occasion was one named Siribeddi, which had earned a reputation for her skill as a decoy, and now did her best to justify that reputation.1873, W[illiam] H[enry] Davenport Adams, “The Elephant: His History and Habits”, in The Forest, the Jungle, and the Prairie; or, Scenes...
- The elephantess of Udena runs in the sand like lightning.[…]Elephants wander in the forest with elephantesses.1942, D. G. Koparkar, English Guide to C. V. Joshi’s Manual of Pāli, Oriental Book Agency, pages 4 and 6:
- Let us decorate an elephantess, give a garland in its trunk and, take her in the garden.[…]Sajjan was made to seat on the same elephantess.1983, Upadhyay Shri Pushkar Muni, edited by Shree Devendra Muni, Punyano Prabhav, Ahmedabad: Shree Laxmi Pustak Bhandar, pages 145–146:
Synonyms of elephantess
Forms of elephantess
| plural | elephantesses |
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Origin of elephantess
From elephant + -ess.
Questions about elephantess
- What does elephantess mean?
- Elephantess means a female elephant.
- How do you use elephantess in a sentence?
- Among the elephantesses—pardon the word—employed on this occasion was one named Siribeddi, which had earned a reputation for her skill as a decoy, and now did her best to justify that reputation.
- What part of speech is elephantess?
- Elephantess is a noun.
- What is the plural of elephantess?
- The plural of elephantess is elephantesses.
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