Definition of Genus Loxodonta

1. Noun. A genus of Elephantidae.

Exact synonyms: Loxodonta
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Elephantidae, Family Elephantidae
Member holonyms: African Elephant, Loxodonta Africana

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Loxodonta

genus Lonas
genus Lonchocarpus
genus Lonicera
genus Lophius
genus Lophodytes
genus Lopholatilus
genus Lophophora
genus Lophophorus
genus Lophosoria
genus Loranthus
genus Loris
genus Lota
genus Lotus
genus Lovoa
genus Loxia
genus Loxodonta (current term)
genus Loxoma
genus Loxostege
genus Lucilia
genus Lufengpithecus
genus Luffa
genus Lumpenus
genus Lunaria
genus Lunda
genus Lupinus
genus Luscinia
genus Lutjanus
genus Lutra
genus Luvarus
genus Lycaena

Literary usage of Genus Loxodonta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fossil Elephantoids: from the Hominid-Bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash by Jon Kalb (2007)
"... of the MÌ extend to the posterior half of the molar and are present on the buccal side. Genus LOXODONTA F. Cuvier and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1825 ..."

2. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"may be considered members of the genus Loxodonta. ... The genus Loxodonta was doubtless of African derivation in late Miocene time. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1828)
"... of enamel irregularly festooned ; while in those of the African elephant, the type of the new genus Loxodonta, the enamel is disposed in lozenges. ..."

4. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1828)
"... of enamel irregularly festooned; while in those of the African elephant, the type of the new genus Loxodonta, the enamel is disposed in lozenges. ..."

5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"genus loxodonta (F. (Juv.), has a more rounded head, a rather convex forehead, enormously long ears, and cheek teeth with lozenge-shaped divisions of the ..."

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