a. [f. Gr. ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντο-ς ELEPHANT + -ειδής like (cf. Gr. ἐλεφαντώδης): see -OID.] a. Elephant-like. b. Of or belonging to elephant-like animals. So Elephantoidal a.
1841. Trimmer, Pract. Geol., 407. No elephantoid remains.
1856. Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., xix. (1870), 371. True elephantoid genera, as the … mammoth.
1857. H. Miller, Test. Rocks, ii. 89. The Mastodon, an elephantoid animal.
