HyperDic: proboscidian

English > 1 sense of the word proboscidian:
NOUNanimalproboscidian, proboscideanmassive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
English > proboscidian: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmassive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk.
Synonymproboscidean
Member ofProboscidea, order ProboscideaAn order of animals including elephants and mammoths
NarrowerelephantFive-toed pachyderm
mastodon, mastodontExtinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide / worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Spanishproboscideo, proboscídeo, proboscidian
Catalanproboscidi

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