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Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.


aardwolf (Afrikaans) a hyena-like African mammal, aka earthwolf.
ai (Tupi) the three-toed sloth.
cameleopard (Obs.) a giraffe.
camelopard (Obs.) a giraffe.
daman (Arabic) a small herbivorous mammal, the rock hyrax.
dassie (Afrikaans) the hyrax.
earthwolf a hyena-like African mammal, aka aardwolf.
elephant a large mammal.
elephantoid elephant-like.
giraffe a long-necked mammal.
giraffid a member of the giraffe family (giraffes and okapis).
giraffine of or like a giraffe.
giraffish of or like a giraffe.
giraffoid of or like a giraffe.
hippo (Short for) a hippopotamus.
hippopotamus a large African artiodactyl ungulate of aquatic habits.
hyaena a carrion-feeding carnivore of the family Hyaenidae.
hyaenic of or like a hyaena.
hyen (Shakesp.) a hyena.
hyena a carrion-feeding carnivore of the family Hyaenidae.
hyenic of or like a hyaena.
hyenine of or like a hyena.
hyenoid of or like a hyena.
hyracoid any member of a genus of mammals including the daman and the dassie or hyrax.
hyracoidean any member of a genus of mammals including the daman and the dassie or hyrax.
hyrax (Greek) an African mammal, like a woodchuck but more closely related to ungulates.
jumbo (Coll.) an elephant.
keitloa (Setswana) a two-horned rhinoceros.
klipdas (Afrikaans) the Cape hyrax, an African mammal, like a woodchuck but more closely related to ungulates.
mammoth (Russian) an extinct species of elephant.
megathere any of various gigantic extinct American sloths.
megatherian like a megathere, any of various gigantic extinct American sloths.
okapi an animal like a giraffe but with a short neck and smaller.
olingo (Spanish) a small nocturnal, chiefly arboreal mammal native to Central and S. America.
olinguito (Spanish) a small animal related to the olingo, living in the forests of Colombia and Ecuador.
pachyderm a thick-skinned quadruped, esp an elephant, a hippopotamus, or a rhinoceros.
pachydermic like a pachyderm.
proboscidean any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms.
proboscidian any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms.
rhino (Short for) a rhinoceros.
rhinoceros a large heavy ungulate mammal of the perissodactyl family Rhinocerotidae > RHINOCEROSES or RHINOCERI or RHINOCEROI.
rhinocerot (Obs.) a rhinoceros.
rhinocerote (Obs.) a rhinoceros.
rhinocerotic like a rhinoceros.
strandwolf the brown hyena that scavenges the shores in Africa.
subungulate belonging to the Subungulata, a classification of animals including the elephants, hyraxes, sea cows and aardvark; (noun) a member of the Subungulata.
tapir (Tupi) a large odd-toed hoofed mammal with a short flexible proboscis, several species of which are found in S. America, Malaya, etc.
tapiroid any member of the tapir family.
unai (Tupi) a two-toed sloth.
unau (Tupi) a two-toed sloth.