war elephant

noun

war elephant

noun

1

Government, Military, Politics, War Historical Any elephant trained and guided by humans for combat.

During the Second Punic War, 218-201 BCE, Hannibal trekked 37 war elephants across the Alps from what is now Spain into Italy.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 273:

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