Elephant vs. Mailbox — What's the Difference?

Elephants are a select group of proboscideans belonging to the family Elephantidae. They are the largest existing land animals.

A public container for deposit of outgoing mail. Also called postbox.

Any of several very large herbivorous mammals of the family Elephantidae native to Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long curved tusks of ivory, and, in the African species, large fan-shaped ears.

A private box for incoming mail. Also called letterbox.

Any of various extinct animals of the family Elephantidae.

A computer file or set of files for the collection and storage of email.

A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.

A box into which mail is put.

(in particular) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.

A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.

A delivery point for mail, a box, compartment or slot for this purpose.

Synonym of elephant paper

(computing) A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.

Used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second

A public box for deposit of mail, where it is later picked up by the postal authority for delivery.

Ivory.

A private box to recieve delivery of mail. The term is used both for boxes receiving mail delivered by the public postal authority, or by a private services, such as for mail to employees in large corporations.

(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.

A location within a computer storage device where electronic mail is held until it is retrieved by the addressee. Creation and use of an electronic mailbox requires special software as well as a data storage device.

A mammal of the order Proboscidia and family Elephantidae, of which two living species, Elephas maximus (formerly Elephas Indicus) and Loxodonta Africana (formerly E. Africanus), and several fossil species, are known. They have five toes, a long proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing. The elephant is classed as a pachyderm.

A private box for delivery of mail

Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.

Public box for deposit of mail

Five-toed pachyderm

The symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874