"elephant dose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: elephant doses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} elephant dose (plural elephant doses)
  1. (of drugs) a large amount Categories (topical): Drugs Translations (large amount): koňská dávka [feminine] (Czech), dose de cheval [feminine] (French), dawka uderzeniowa [feminine] (Polish), końska dawka [feminine] (Polish), dose de cavalo [feminine] (Portuguese), лошади́найа до́за (lošadínaja dóza) [feminine] (Russian), konská dávka [feminine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-elephant_dose-en-noun-YgYHfqdX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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