Proboscidean

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  • n. Any of various large, herbivorous mammals, of the order Proboscidea, that have a trunk; the elephants
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Proboscidian.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having a proboscis or trunk; proboscidate or proboscidiferous; belonging to the mammalian order Proboscidea.
  • Of or pertaining to a proboscis: as, “the proboscidean sheath of the Nemertines,”
  • Also proboscidial, proboscoid.
  • n. A mammal of the order Proboscidea; an elephantid or dinotheriid.
  • n. Also proboscidian.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
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    elephant    mastodont    mastodon   
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