| NOUN | plant | Proboscidea, genus Proboscidea | in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants |
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| animal | Proboscidea, order Proboscidea | an order of animals including elephants and mammoths |
| Meaning | In some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants. | |
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| Synonym | genus Proboscidea | |
| Member of | Pedaliaceae, family Pedaliaceae, sesame family | The family of plants of order Polemoniales |
| Members | common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica | Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak |
| sand devil's claw, Proboscidea arenaria, Martynia arenaria | alternatively placed in genus Martynia | |
| sweet unicorn plant, Proboscidea fragrans, Martynia fragrans | A herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea | |
| Broader | plant genus | A genus of plants |
| Spanish | genus proboscidea, proboscidea | |
| Catalan | genus proboscidea, proboscidea | |
| Meaning | An order of animals including elephants and mammoths. | |
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| Synonym | order Proboscidea | |
| Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
| Members | Elephantidae, family Elephantidae | elephants |
| Gomphotheriidae, family Gomphotheriidae | elephants extinct since the Pleistocene | |
| Mammutidae, family Mammutidae, family Mastodontidae | Extinct family | |
| proboscidean, proboscidian | massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk | |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
| Spanish | proboscídeos | |
| Catalan | Proboscidea, proboscidis | |
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