elephant

A very large herbivorous mammal with a long trunk, large ears, and tusks, native to Africa and Asia.

• 🇩🇪Sehr großes pflanzenfressendes Säugetier mit einem langen Rüssel, großen Ohren und Stoßzähnen, das in Afrika und Asien lebt.

1. Large mammal A1 formal

   A very large herbivorous mammal with a trunk, long tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and Asia.

   • The elephant is the largest land animal on Earth.
   • We saw a herd of elephants during our safari.
   • Elephants use their trunks to drink water and pick up food.

   🇩🇪Großes Säugetier

2. Symbol or metaphor B2 informal

   Used figuratively to refer to a large, obvious, or important issue that is being ignored.

   • The elephant in the room was the company's financial crisis.
   • Nobody wanted to talk about the elephant in the room.
   • His drinking problem was the elephant in the room at every family dinner.

   🇩🇪Elefant im Raum

• elephants plural form
• elephants' possessive plural form
• elephant's possessive singular form