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| calf1 |
a young cow or bull. A young whale, seal, or elephant is also known as a calf. [1/2 definitions] |
| elephant |
An elephant is a very large animal with thick, gray skin and a very long nose called a trunk. Elephants are mammals, and they live in Africa and Asia. |
| large |
When something is large, it is big. Oceans and continents are large things. Whales and elephants are large animals. A cat is not a large animal like a whale or an elephant, but it is large when you compare it with a mouse or an ant. |
| rogue |
an animal, often a male elephant, that lives apart from the rest of the herd because it is vicious. [1/3 definitions] |
| trumpet |
a loud, piercing sound or call, especially that made by an elephant. [1/4 definitions] |
| trunk |
the long snout of an elephant. An elephant uses its flexible trunk to breathe, feed itself, pick up objects, and many other things. [1/6 definitions] |
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