pygmy elephant

American  

[pig-mee el-uh-fuhnt] / ˈpɪg mi ˌɛl ə fənt /

noun

1. African pygmy elephant.

2. Borneo elephant.

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Etymology

Origin of pygmy elephant

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

There's an ugly truth to the beauty products we slap on our faces and an unsavoury truth to the foods we eat: Many are made with palm oil, which is responsible for the rapid deforestation of some of the world's most biodiverse forests, destroying the habitat of already endangered species like the orangutan, pygmy elephant and Sumatran rhino.

From BBC

Sandwiched between their visits, Penn & Teller came to Broadway and made an African Spotted Pygmy Elephant vanish.

From Washington Times

“We vanish an African Spotted Pygmy Elephant,” says Penn, wearing a devilish smile.

From Washington Times

When wildlife officials in Borneo first encountered a three-month-old pygmy elephant on January 25, he was surrounded by death.

From Scientific American

Several threatened and endangered species, including the Sumatran rhino, the Bornean clouded leopard and the Borneo pygmy elephant, are found in Sarawak’s peatland forests.

From New York Times