Elephant, a genus of mammals, of which there are two species, the Indian and the African; the latter attains a greater size, and is hunted for the sake of its tusks, which may weigh as much as 70 lbs.; the former is more intelligent, and easily capable of being domesticated; the white elephant is a variety of this species.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Elements * Elephant, Order of the White