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Elephantidae

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n.1.a natural family of mammals comrising the elephants.
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Noun1.Elephantidae - elephants
family Elephantidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
order Proboscidea, Proboscidea - an order of animals including elephants and mammoths
elephant - five-toed pachyderm
Elephas, genus Elephas - type genus of the family Elephantidae
genus Loxodonta, Loxodonta - a genus of Elephantidae
genus Mammuthus, Mammuthus - extinct genus: mammoths
Archidiskidon, genus Archidiskidon - a genus of Elephantidae
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