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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an annual of the southern U.S. and Mexico (
Proboscidea louisianica ) having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak.
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- noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
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Examples
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THE VALE OF LOST WOMEN The thunder of the drums and the great elephant-tusk horns was deafening, but in Livia's ears the clamor seemed but a confused muttering dull and far away.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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Chapter One The thunder of the drams and the great elephant-tusk horns was deafening, but in Livia's ears the clamor seemed but a confused muttering, dull and far away.
Conan of Cimmeria Howard, Robert E. 1969
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Then the tall, dark forest would echo with the boom of an elephant-tusk horn, whose sound was all the more weird since it came from between human jaws with which the instrument was decorated.
The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895
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The great barrel-like drums, with their grim ornamentations, boomed forth, and bands of elephant-tusk horns added to the deafening din.
The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895
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"Yes," interposed Peterkin; "so you see, Mak, when you agree with a trader to get him an elephant-tusk, that's a cumprumoise, according to
The Gorilla Hunters 1859
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