war elephant
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war elephant (plural war elephants)
- (military, historical) Any elephant trained and guided by humans for combat.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 273:
- During the Second Punic War, 218-201 BCE, Hannibal trekked 37 war elephants across the Alps from what is now Spain into Italy.