Sentence:  An elephant or a <WSD>fox</WSD> or a swan or a cocopalm or a banana possess in unusually high degree this quality of obvious , common-sense , indubitable identity , as do an eye or tooth or nail . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs