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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 el·e·phan·tine /ˌɛləˈfænˌtin, ˌtaɪn, ˈɛləfən-/
 (a.)象的,巨大的,粗笨的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 El·e·phan·tine a.  Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
 Elephantine epoch Geol., the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.
 Elephantine tortoise Zoöl., a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 elephantine
      adj : of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"
            [syn: gargantuan, giant, jumbo]