Apt name of multiple kid-lit pachyderms (4)

I believe the answer is:

ella

(Other definitions for ella that I've seen before include "Diminutive of Eleanor" , "- - Fitzgerald (mus.)" , "Great late jazz singer . . . . Fitzgerald" , "Ms Fitzgerald" , "Woman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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