El`e*phan"tine (?), a. [L.
elephantinus of ivory, Gr. ?: cf. F.
éléphantin.] Pertaining to the elephant, or
resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense;
heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine
step or tread.
Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch
distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms.
Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise
(Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo
elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T.
elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.