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It had a ring of tentacles in lieu of arms above, and six little caterpillar feet below, and its face was mainly an elephan - tine proboscis.
Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981
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In 1880 Dr. Patrick Man - son had established that a certain kind of mosquito spread elephan - tiasis.
Manuscript Draft: Walter Reed: Doctor in Uniform, by Laura Wood, [19 -- ] 1943
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"Sahibs," observed the Hindoo, with a significant shake of the head, "we no able killee him; that elephan 'he nebba die."
The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Mayne Reid 1850
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I fear him be no elephan 'after all, but only de devil, who hab takee elephan' shape.
The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Mayne Reid 1850
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In December 2008, when I was writing a commentary for the New York Times on how women often mistreat each other in the workplace, I wondered if I'd be hung in effigy for identifying this "pink elephan ...
Peggy Klaus: Getting Real: Women Reject A Post-Feminist Kumbaya 2009
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In December 2008, when I was writing a commentary for the New York Times on how women often mistreat each other in the workplace, I wondered if I'd be hung in effigy for identifying this "pink elephan ...
Peggy Klaus: Getting Real: Women Reject A Post-Feminist Kumbaya 2009
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"I was inclined to rule out the elephan - toid on that ground.
Trader To The Stars Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1964
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Narrat Pliniua P), Liberam qiftoa Froelichioa nonnolla conjectura Ni - Ticta India triomphantem corru elephan -
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. Hohler, Emerich Thomas, 1781-1846. [from old catalog] 1792
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