Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, the trunk of an elephant used as a bearing or part of a bearing.
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Sæpe unus elephas cum sex equis committitur; atque ipse adeo interfui cum unus elephas duos equos cum primo impetu protinus prosternerit; -- injecta enim jugulis ipsorum longa proboscide, ad se protractos, dentibus porro comminuit ac protrivit. "
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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