'Proboscidea' definitions:
Definition of 'Proboscidea'
(from WordNet)
noun
In some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants [syn: Proboscidea, genus Proboscidea]
noun
An order of animals including elephants and mammoths [syn: Proboscidea, order Proboscidea]
Definition of 'Proboscidea'
From: GCIDE
- Proboscidea \Pro`bos*cid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Proboscis.] (Zool.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons. [1913 Webster]