Elephantine
Elephantine , adjective
[Latin elephantinus of ivory, Greek {not transcribed}: compare French éléphantin.]
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
Collocations (2)
Elephantine epoch (Geology) , the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. — Mantell
Elephantine tortoise (Zoology) , a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.