Definition of Elephentine

Definition of Elephentine

Elephantine, a small island below the first cataract of the Nile; contains interesting monuments and ruins of the ancient Roman and Egyptian civilisations.

- Wikipedia

El`e*phan"tine (?), a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. &?;: cf. F. 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.

Elephantine epoch(Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms.Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise(Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Of or relating to elephants.
Very large.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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