Elephantess
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Elephantess is a noun meaning A female elephant.
Meaning
A female elephant.
Example Sentences
The elephantess of Udena runs in the sand like lightning.[…]Elephants wander in the forest with elephantesses.
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.
Rather, from Bridgman’s account of her early career Stein emerges as an elephantess in the china shop of literature: “Expending prodigious amounts of energy, Stein thrashed erratically toward innovation.”
“Behold here the damsels of Vidyádharas, are waiting for you with fans and wreaths of flowers in their hands; and they have been hailing and inviting you to them, as the young elephantess, entices the big elephant towards her.”
Word Forms
- elephantesses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include she-elephant, he-elephant, elephantophile, leopardess, matriarch, koomkie.
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