Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

straight-tusked elephant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: straight--tusked ele-phant
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An elephant of extinct species †Palaeoloxodon antiquus, that lived across Europe and western Asia during the Pleistocene.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

straight-tusked elephants (plural)

Questions

What does straight-tusked elephant mean?: An elephant of extinct species †Palaeoloxodon antiquus, that lived across Europe and western Asia during the Pleistocene.

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