African bush elephant

or bush el·e·phant

[ af-ri-kuhn boosh el-uh-fuhnt ]

noun

1. the African elephant species Loxodonta africana, the world’s largest and heaviest land animal, found in herds throughout various environments of sub-Saharan Africa, and noted for its long, upward-curving tusks, characteristically different from the straighter, more downward-pointing tusks of the African forest elephant: due mostly to poaching, the African bush elephant’s conservation status is vulnerable.

Word History and Origins

Origin of African bush elephant¹

First recorded in 1935–40