African bush elephant

Or bush el·e·phant

[af-ri-kuhn boosh el-uh-fuhnt]

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noun

the African elephant species Loxodonta africana, the world’s largest and heaviest land animal, found in herds throughout various environments of sub-Saharan Africa, and noted for its long, upward-curving tusks, characteristically different from the straighter, more downward-pointing tusks of the African forest elephant: due mostly to poaching, the African bush elephant’s conservation status is vulnerable.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of African bush elephant¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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The others are an African bush elephant named Shaba and two Asian elephants, Mary and Devi.

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The female African bush elephant died Sunday.

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You can’t see the Wright Flyer at the National Air and Space Museum, or snap a selfie with Henry, the African bush elephant at the Natural History Museum, or even peek at the pandas at the National Zoo.

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The ultimate of these ‘multi-part’ models is the big bull African bush elephant produced in 1981.

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The African bush elephant’s actual top speed is 24.9 miles per hour.

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African American Vernacular English African-Canadian

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