"Heffalump" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Heffalumps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Heffalump (plural Heffalumps)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of heffalump Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: heffalump
    Sense id: en-Heffalump-en-noun-rwCobxY1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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