elephantess

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elephantess

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From elephant + -ess.

noun elephantesses

A female elephant. I wish I could dash off a sketch of her stupendous majesty the great elephantess, with the clumsy little prince royal, the calf elephant, as they appeared when enjoying themselves in their bath; and of his royal highness the great camelopard, as he stood stretching his interminable neck over the rai
Similar: cow elephant

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"elephantess." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elephantess. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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elephantess. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elephantess

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"elephantess." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/elephantess.

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@misc{elephantess_2026,
  title = {elephantess},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elephantess},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}