See Also: Elephant(medicine)
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elephant(encyclopedia)
Elephant Man, the(dictionary)
elephant(dictionary)
sea elephant(medicine)
elephant leg(medicine)
Elephant Man(encyclopedia)
white elephant(dictionary)
elephant seal(encyclopedia)

lautenclavicymbel (iou) and sea elephant (medicine)


lautenclavicymbel (iou)



lautenclavicymbel noun. Also lautenclavicymbal. L19.
[German Lautenklavizimbel, from Laute lute + Klavizimbel harpsichord, formed as CLAVICYMBAL.]
Hist. A type of harpsichord with gut rather than metal strings. Also called lute harpsichord.

sea elephant (medicine)


sea elephant
<zoology> A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. Angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.

Source: Websters Dictionary