African forest elephant

noun

One of the two species of African elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis.

Meanings

nounAfrican forest elephant (plural African forest elephants)

plural African forest elephants

  1. One of the two species of African elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis.

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 圓耳象 /圆耳象
  • 圓耳象 /圆耳象 (yuán'ěrxiàng)Loxodonta cyclotis
Finnish metsänorsu
  • metsänorsuLoxodonta cyclotis
French éléphant de forêt d'Afrique
  • éléphant de forêt d'AfriqueLoxodonta cyclotis
Japanese 丸耳象
  • 丸耳象 (marumimizō)Loxodonta cyclotis
Korean 둥근귀코끼리
  • 둥근귀코끼리 (dunggeun'gwikokkiri)Loxodonta cyclotis
Polish słoń leśny
  • słoń leśnyLoxodonta cyclotis
Portuguese elefante-da-floresta
  • elefante-da-florestaLoxodonta cyclotis
Russian лесно́й слон
  • лесно́й слон (lesnój slon)Loxodonta cyclotis
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