elephant trunks

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elephant trunks [′el·ə·fənt ‚trəŋks]

(astronomy)

Long, dark regions that encroach into the bright matter in diffuse nebulae, usually bordered by bright rims.

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No references found			Set in the Stone Age town of Bedrock, the show explored the lives of ancient cave dwellers through the lens of a modern lifestyle, with bird beaks acting as phonograph needles, elephant trunks as vacuum cleaners, and fireflies as light bulbs. The Flintstones (DVD) Review by Britt Gillette / Arts and entertainment industries community In the wild, elephant trunks are sometimes snapped off by crocodiles when elephants go to river banks to drink water. ELEPHANT'S TRUNK TIP SEVERED by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Moreover, they've found that the same biomechanics can explain how elephant trunks and human and lizard tongues -- none of which possess skeletons or hydrostatic cavities -- are able to move so deftly. The muscular machinery of tentacles, trunks and tongues: scientists ... by Weisburd, Stefi / Science News			Elena Vasilevna Obraztsova Elena Vladimirovna Petushkova Elena Zhilina Elenkin, Aleksandr Elenkin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Elenovka Elenskii Eleocharis eleolite Eleonora Duse eleostearic acid Eleotridae Eleph elephant elephant bird Elephant Butte Dam Elephant Butte Lake State Park elephant ear Elephant Festival Elephant Man Elephant Man, the Elephant Rocks State Park Elephant Round-Up Elephant Seal elephant trunk elephant trunks elephant's-ear elephant's-foot elephant-hide pahoehoe Elephanta elephanter Elephantiasis Elephantidae Elephantine elerwind Elets Elets Lace Eletskii Eleusinian Mysteries Eleusis Eleuthera Eleutherios Venizelos Eleutherius Eleutherococcus Eleutheros elevate elevated floor elevated flooring elevated pole elevated water tank elevated-water-tank system			Elephant population Elephant rifle Elephant Rock Nature Park Elephant Rocks State Park Elephant Round-Up elephant seal elephant seal Elephant seals Elephant seals Elephant shark Elephant shark Elephant shrew Elephant shrew elephant shrews elephant skin disease elephant skin disease elephant skin disease elephant skin disease Elephant Stag Beetle Elephant Stag Beetle elephant throat bot fly elephant throat bot fly elephant throat bot fly elephant throat bot fly Elephant Trade Information System elephant tree elephant trunk Elephant Trunk Access Area Elephant trunk clam Elephant trunk clam elephant trunks elephant yam elephant's ear elephant's ear elephant's foot elephant's foot elephant's foots Elephant's tusk Elephant's-ear Elephant's-ear Elephant's-ear elephant's-foot elephant's-foot elephant's-foot Elephant, Asian Elephant-foot elephant-hide pahoehoe Elephant-shrew elephant-tusk Elephanta Elephanta Island Elephantbird Elephantbird elephanter Elephantfish Elephantfoot Elephantiac elephantiasis elephantiasis elephantiasis elephantiasis gingivae

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