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Definition of Ankus
1. Noun. An elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook.
Definition of Ankus
1. n. An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook.
Definition of Ankus
1. Noun. The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ankus
1. an elephant goad [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ankus
Literary usage of Ankus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"THE KING'S ankus KAA, the big Rock Python, had changed his skin for perhaps the
two-hundredth time since his birth; and Mowgli, who never forgot that he ..."
2. Elementary English by Lillian Gertrude Kimball (1911)
"Study Kipling's fine description of an ankus: — At last Mowgli found ... It was
a three-foot ankus, or elephant goad — something like a small boat hook. ..."
3. The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1897)
"THE KING'S ankus. These are the Four that are never content: that have never been
filled since the Dews began— ..."
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