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English Wikipedia has an article on:elephant gunWikipedia

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elephant gun (plural elephant guns)

Theodore Roosevelt holding an elephant gun
  1. A large-calibre firearm capable of killing an elephant or other big game.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:Lord John was standing at gaze with his finger on the trigger of his elephant-gun, his eager hunter's soul shining from his fierce eyes.

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[edit] large-calibre firearm
  • Finnish: norsupyssy

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