female elephant

collocation in English

meaningsoffemaleandelephant

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withelephant.
female
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.meɪl/us
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
See more atfemale
elephant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.fənt/us
/ˈel.ə.fənt/
a very large grey mammal that has a trunk (= long nose) with which it can pick ...
See more atelephant

(Definition offemaleandelephantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffemale elephant

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Once free, however, he ignored thefemaleelephantand simply went toward his food.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
On the same day, afemaleelephantbrought her newborn calf to the royal palace.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The procession is being conducted by carrying the idol of the deity on afemaleelephant.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The cell would then be stimulated into dividing, and inserted back into afemaleelephant.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The family groups in which most desert elephants move are small and usually consist of afemaleelephant and her offspring or two sisters and their dependent young.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The other involved the employment of decoy female elephants to entice wild males.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the second method in general use domesticated female elephants were employed to catch lone males who had been expelled from their herd for aggressive behaviour.
From theCambridge English Corpus
During the middle of estrus, female elephants look for males in musth to guard them.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is quite a treat to see female elephants wearing anklets, which tinkle as they walk.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
A good worker but prone to fits of temper, he was generally kept chained to two calm female elephants during parades through the towns the circus visited.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition offemale
Go to the definition ofelephant
See other collocations withelephant