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elephantesses

elephantesses is the plural of elephantess.

Meaning of elephantess

Noun

elephantess (plural elephantesses)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    cow elephant

Questions about elephantesses

What is elephantesses the plural of?
Elephantesses is the plural of elephantess.

Words near elephantesses in the dictionary

  1. elephantbird
  2. elephantbirds
  3. elephantdom
  4. elephantesque
  5. elephantess
  6. elephantesses
  7. elephantfish
  8. elephantfishes
  9. elephanthood
  10. elephantiac
  11. elephantiacs

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