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pachyderm

[pak-i-durm] / ˈpæk ɪˌdɜrm /
NOUN
nonruminant hoofed mammal
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The pachyderm is expected to return to Sri Lanka after treatment, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has said, and animal welfare activists hope he will be sent to a sanctuary.

From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023

The pachyderm rituals would not have seemed out of place at a human funeral: Some stood in quiet order while observing Tolstoy's remains, and others gently touched his body with their trunks.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2023

Mr Renjith sees the pachyderm at least once in two months.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2023

The Hermanos circus, like Ringling, has also evolved; it ultimately rebounded, he added, by shifting to theatrical storytelling in the absence of pachyderm wow.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

Frank Zhang: lumbering klutz, child of Mars, part-time pachyderm.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan