that much quantity which could be pounded at a time in a mortar.

a species of large, ferocious cats having a tawny coat spotted with black; Panthera pardus; leopard.

a rich man; a man with fairly good resources.

a huge, thick-skinned, almost hairless mammal, the largest of extant four-footed animals, which can be domesticated, with a long, flexible snout (called 'trunk') and, usually, two ivory tusks growing out of the upper jaw; Indian elephant; Elephas maximus (order: Proboscidea).

a female elephant.