Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 1 compound words that contain elephants. The most common are listed below. Open elephants in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- elephants' graveyardA place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age, in order to die alone.
- African elephantsplural of African elephant: Either of two species of elephant, Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis, found in Africa.
- Asian elephantsplural of Asian elephant: An elephant, Elephas maximus, found in Asia.
- bull elephantsplural of bull elephant: A male elephant.
- forest elephantsplural of forest elephant: One of the two species of African elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis.
- Indian elephantsplural of Indian elephant: A subspecies of the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, distributed across India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Laos, southern China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and formerly …
- pink elephantsplural of pink elephant: A stereotypical hallucination, particularly one brought on by drinking alcohol.
- war elephantsplural of war elephant: Any elephant trained and guided by humans for combat.
- white elephantsplural of white elephant: A possession that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment.
- African forest elephantsplural of African forest elephant: One of the two species of African elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis.
- Asiatic elephantsplural of Asiatic elephant: An elephant, Elephas maximus, found in Asia.
- elephants' graveyardsplural of elephants' graveyard: A place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age, in order to die alone.
- elephants in the roomplural of elephant in the room: A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.
- cow elephantsplural of cow elephant: A female elephant.
- elephants' earAlternative form of elephant's ear: A plant, Enterolobium cyclocarpum
- elephants' earsplural of elephants' ear: A plant, Enterolobium cyclocarpum
- pad elephantsplural of pad elephant: An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of a howdah for carrying passengers.
- rogue elephantsplural of rogue elephant: A solitary, old, male elephant that has become dangerously and unpredictably violent.
- sea elephantsplural of sea elephant: The elephant seal.
- African savannah elephantsplural of African savannah elephant: One of the two species of African elephant (Loxodonta africana).
- elephants in the cornerplural of elephant in the corner: A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.
- straight-tusked elephantsplural of straight-tusked elephant: An elephant of extinct species †Palaeoloxodon antiquus, that lived across Europe and western Asia during the Pleistocene.
- baby elephants in the roomplural of baby elephant in the room: An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.
- North African elephantsplural of North African elephant: Loxodonta africana pharaoensis, an extinct subspecies of elephant.
- water elephantsplural of water elephant: A hippopotamus.
Compound words 1
- wereelephantsplural of wereelephant: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an elephant.