English noun: elephant | |||
1. | elephant (animal) five-toed pachyderm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pachyderm, proboscidean, proboscidian | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | African elephant, Elephas maximus, gomphothere, Indian elephant, Loxodonta africana, mammoth, rogue elephant | ||
Part holonym | proboscis, trunk, tusk | ||
Member meronym | Elephantidae, family Elephantidae | ||
2. | elephant (communication) the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | allegory, emblem | ||