Pro`bos`cid´e`a
| n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Proboscidea - in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plantsplant genus - a genus of plants common devil's claw, common unicorn plant, devil's claw, elephant-tusk, Proboscidea louisianica, proboscis flower, ram's horn - annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak Martynia fragrans, Proboscidea fragrans, sweet unicorn plant - a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea |
| 2. | Proboscidea - an order of animals including elephants and mammoths animal order - the order of animals Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials proboscidean, proboscidian - massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk Elephantidae, family Elephantidae - elephants family Gomphotheriidae, Gomphotheriidae - elephants extinct since the Pleistocene |
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