Collocations withelephant
These are words often used in combination withelephant.
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baby elephant
I was christened in those days "the baby elephant", the one who had a lot of guts and go but not much skill!
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elephant dung
For germination trials, seeds were collected from fresh elephant dung (passed) and fresh fruits (unpassed) and planted in seedling cups filled with soil.
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elephant grass
During the first and second seasons of 1997, stem tunnelling was significantly higher and cob weight significantly lower for maize without elephant grass (table 3).
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elephant population
The return of the giants: ecological effects of an increasing elephant population.
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elephant trunk
Staged repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms using the elephant trunk technique: a consecutive series of 215 first stage and 120 complete repairs.
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elephant tusk
This would certainly cover elephant tusks.
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female elephant
Once free, however, he ignored the female elephant and simply went toward his food.
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pink elephant
The pink elephant balloon from both the comic and the film is also seen at the beginning of the video.
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rogue elephant
The truth is that each chapel can be a rogue elephant which is out of control.
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