ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

... that Cornac Oozie is actually a pleonasm, since both cornac and oozie mean the same thing?

Only if one is thinking in terms of elephants, rather than ToME. Unless you propose we call my old Thaloren Oozemancer a Thaloren Cornac, or make an ordinary human Oozemancer a Cornac Cornac, the least amount of words needed to properly convey the information is used.

That being said, that's an interesting piece of trivia. One wonders if DarkGod intended this.

Oh boy, can we have an Elephantmancer class in the next version? Please, DarkGod? Please?

(It would be powerful in the mid and late game, but a complete liability against giant mice early on...)

Oh yesss... trampling pets please! It'd basically be one of those annoying rolling boulder traps - a boulder you can ride and control. How couldn't this be sweet?

If the elephant turns on you... *Scary music cue*