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Definition of elephantine adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

elephantine

adjective

NAmE//ˌɛləˈfæntin//

, NAmE//ˈɛləfənˌtin//

(formal or humorous)

very large and clumsy; like an elephant elephantine movements

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