"war elephant" meaning in All languages combined

See war elephant on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: war elephants [plural]
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  1. (military, historical) Any elephant trained and guided by humans for combat. Tags: historical Translations (elephant trained for combat): sotanorsu (Finnish)

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