"oliphant" meaning in English

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          "text": "She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare,\n Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude.\n […]\n His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes\n Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnowes where he feeds\n His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.",
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        "(archaic and historical) An elephant."
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        "An ancient ivory hunting-horn."
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