straight-tusked elephant

noun

An elephant of extinct species †Palaeoloxodon antiquus, that lived across Europe and western Asia during the Pleistocene.

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nounstraight-tusked elephant (plural straight-tusked elephants)

plural straight-tusked elephants

  1. An elephant of extinct species †Palaeoloxodon antiquus, that lived across Europe and western Asia during the Pleistocene.

    Europe's straight-tusked elephants probably had a herd structure similar to that of other elephants, in which females and young live in small groups, while the larger males were either solitary or congregated in bachelor herds.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 192
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