obsolete form of elephant (q.v.), c. 1200; also used in Middle English with sense "ivory horn." Compare camel.
oligopolistic
oligopoly
oligotrophy
oliguria
olio
oliphant
olive
Oliver
Olivetti
Olivia
Olmec
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