Snuffleupagus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A fictional character from the television series Sesame Street, resembling a woolly mammoth without tusks, who until the show's 17th season was only visible to Big Bird.

Word forms

Snuffleupagus Mr. Snuffleupagus

Etymology

As a mammoth-like creature, he has a long trunk like an elephant's, which is called his snuffle.

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