Elephant's Foot
See also: elephant's foot
English
editEtymology
editCalque of Russian Слоно́вья нога́ (Slonóvʹja nogá), in reference to its bulky mass and wrinkled appearance which resembles the foot of an elephant.
Proper noun
edit- 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.
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