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Species of moth
Strigocossus elephas is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Malawi, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Eswatini and Uganda. Natural History Museum
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Genus of moths
(Viette, 1954) Strigocossus crassa (Drury, 1782) Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856) Strigocossus cretacea (Butler, 1878) Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013
Strigocossus
Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910 Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013 Strigocossus moderatus (Walker, 1856) Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856) Xyleutes
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Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, and German
English, Scottish, French, and German : from Middle English, Old French, Middle High German olifant ‘elephant’ (medieval Latin olifantus, from classical Latin elephantus, Greek elephas, genitive elephantos). The circumstances in which this word was applied as a surname are not clear. It may have been a nickname for a large, lumbering individual, or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in ivory, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of an elephant.
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Girl/Female
Indian
Daughter of Manu (Daughter of Maalik bin Amr al adwaniyah)
Boy/Male
English Greek
Steady; stable.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for someone with strutting or swaggering gait, from Middle English prod, prud ‘proud’ + fote ‘foot’. It now occurs mainly in Scotland.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Offering Made to God
Boy/Male
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
Brave; Fearless; Name of Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Persian, Telugu
Respected; Blessed; King; Pride
Boy/Male
Indian, Parsi
Star
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Friend of Sky
Boy/Male
Greek
He who guards Pisceans.
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian name KALEI means "beloved; flower wreath."
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n.
An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with prehistoric man.
n.
A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.