pygmy elephant
AmericanEtymology
Origin of pygmy elephant
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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
Malaysian officials on Monday said the mutilated corpse of an endangered pygmy elephant was found on Borneo island last week with about 70 gunshot wounds and tusks hacked off.
From Fox News
Sandwiched between their visits, Penn & Teller came to Broadway and made an African Spotted Pygmy Elephant vanish.
From Washington Times
The show’s tent poles have the pair pulling a rabbit out of a hat, sawing a woman in half and making what they call 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
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