Oliphaunts

Oliphaunts
 / Oliphaunt
   The monstrous elephants of the Third Age.
   A word for the southern monsters also known as Mûmakil, evidently gigantic cousins of the modern elephant. Oliphaunt is a real word from ancient English.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary. . 2003.

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