Sri Lankan elephant
[ sree lahng-kuhn eluh-fuhnt, lang-kuhn, shree ]
noun
the largest Asian elephant subspecies (Elephas maximus maximus), native to Sri Lanka and classified as endangered: compared to its related subspecies, it has darker skin, with greater areas of depigmentation, and is more likely to belong to a herd in which tuskless males are common.
Origin of Sri Lankan elephant
1First recorded in 1975–80
Words Nearby Sri Lankan elephant
- S. Rept.
- S. Res.
- sri
- Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan
- Sri Lankan elephant
- Srinagar
- sriracha
- Śri-Vaishnavism
- SRN
- sRNA
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