Elephant's Foot

See also: elephant's foot

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian Слоно́вья нога́ (Slonóvʹja nogá), in reference to its bulky mass and wrinkled appearance which resembles the foot of an elephant.

Proper noun

the Elephant 's Foot

A large mass of corium beneath the remains of Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was produced by its meltdown during the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.

Translations

Translations

Russian: Слоно́вья нога́ f (Slonóvʹja nogá)
Ukrainian: Слоно́ва нога́ f (Slonóva nohá)

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