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war elephants

war elephants is the plural of war elephant.

Meaning of war elephant

Noun

war elephant (plural war elephants)

  1. (historical) Any elephant trained and guided by humans for combat.
    • During the Second Punic War, 218-201 BCE, Hannibal trekked 37 war elephants across the Alps from what is now Spain into Italy.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 273

Questions about war elephants

What is war elephants the plural of?
War elephants is the plural of war elephant.

Words near war elephants in the dictionary

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  2. war economy
  3. war effort
  4. war efforts
  5. war elephant
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  7. war establishment
  8. war film
  9. war films
  10. war footing
  11. war footings

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