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Definition: Elephantine tortoise
Elephantine
\El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.
?: cf. F. ['e]l['e]phantin.]
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant
(commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of
elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
[1913 Webster]
Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the
existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.
Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise;
esp.,
Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian
Ocean; and
T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
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