HyperDic: order_proboscidea

English > 1 sense of the expression order Proboscidea:
NOUNanimalorder Proboscidea, Proboscideaan order of animals including elephants and mammoths
English > order Proboscidea: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn order of animals including elephants and mammoths.
SynonymProboscidea
Member ofEutheria, subclass EutheriaAll mammals except monotremes and marsupials
MembersElephantidae, family Elephantidaeelephants
Gomphotheriidae, family Gomphotheriidaeelephants extinct since the Pleistocene
Mammutidae, family Mammutidae, family MastodontidaeExtinct family
proboscidean, proboscidianmassive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishproboscídeos
CatalanProboscidea, proboscidis

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