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How to pronounce elephant in English?

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Type Words
Type of proboscidian, pachyderm, proboscidean
Has types african elephant, elephas maximus, gomphothere, indian elephant, loxodonta africana, mammoth, rogue elephant
Type Words
Type of allegory, emblem

Examples of elephant

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They are hoping that the elephant will give birth to a real-live woolly mammoth.
From the abcnews.go.com
The scientists measured elephant seals that dived about 1.5 miles, Ausubel said.
From the kentucky.com
Consider festivals like the November elephant round-up at Surin Elephant Centre.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Liz Walters, 71, of West Bloomfield never flies without her gold elephant charm.
From the freep.com
The elephant walking stalking the letters above is the silence on a tax on land.
From the guardian.co.uk
It will be the elephant in the Coliseum when the Bruins take the field Saturday.
From the ocregister.com
Mosha is a resident of the world's first elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand.
From the abcnews.go.com
Part of Haddock's job was to help train elephant calves to be circus performers.
From the washingtonpost.com
Kenya and Tanzania lost 50 to 80 percent of their elephant population, she says.
From the toledoblade.com
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