Elephant
Elephant noun - Something or someone that is unusually large and powerful.
Usage example: by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
Nearby Word: elephantine
Pygmy
Pygmy noun - A living thing much smaller than others of its kind.
Both words in one sentence
- Bornean pygmy elephant, apparently unrelated to the elephants released in the island by the Sultan of Sulu in the 18th century, once considered their ancestors.
Source: Older Than They Think / Other - We never get to hear what Binder was doing in Belize with thirty monkeys, a panda, and a pygmy elephant.
Source: Noodle Incident / Literature
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