Asiatic Definition

Asiatic Sentence Examples

• The appearance of the Asiatic elephant is familiar to all.

• In this respect the Asiatic species differs very widely from its African relative, whose nutriment is largely composed of boughs and roots.

• The Asiatic elephant inhabits the forest-lands of India, Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Cochin China, Ceylon and Sumatra.

• The African elephant is a very different animal from its Asiatic cousin, both as regards structure and habits; and were it not for the existence of intermediate extinct species, might well be regarded as the representative of a distinct genus.

• In size the male African elephant often surpasses the Asiatic species, reaching nearly 12 ft.