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straight-tusked elephants

straight-tusked elephants is the plural of straight-tusked elephant.

Meaning of straight-tusked elephant

Noun

straight-tusked elephant (plural straight-tusked elephants)

  1. An elephant of extinct species †Palaeoloxodon antiquus, that lived across Europe and western Asia during the Pleistocene.
    • Europe's straight-tusked elephants probably had a herd structure similar to that of other elephants, in which females and young live in small groups, while the larger males were either solitary or congregated in bachelor herds.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 192

Questions about straight-tusked elephants

What is straight-tusked elephants the plural of?
Straight-tusked elephants is the plural of straight-tusked elephant.

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