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Macrorhinus proboscideus
Sea elephant Sea" el"e*phant (Zo["o]l.) A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.
Proboscidate
Proboscidate Pro*bos"ci*date, a. [See Proboscis.] (Zo["o]l.) Having a proboscis; proboscidial.
Proboscidea
Proboscidea Pro`bos*cid"e*a, n. pl. [NL. See Proboscis.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.
Proboscidean
Proboscidean Pro`bos*cid"e*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Proboscidian.
Proboscides
Proboscis Pro*bos"cis, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ? before + ? to feed, graze.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk. Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of Hemiptera and Lepidoptera. 2. (Zo["o]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded. Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a portion of the pharynx that can be everted or protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix. 3. The nose. [Jocose] Proboscis monkey. (Zo["o]l.) See Kahau.
Proboscidial
Proboscidial Pro`bos*cid"i*al, a. (Zo["o]l.) Proboscidate.
Proboscidian
Proboscidian Pro`bos*cid"i*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the Proboscidea. -- n. One of the Proboscidea.
Proboscidifera
Proboscidifera Pro*bos`ci*dif"e*ra, n. pl. [NL. See Proboscis, and -ferous.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A subdivision of the t[ae]nioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera.
Proboscidiform
Proboscidiform Pro`bos*cid"i*form, a. Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform mouth.

Meaning of Proboscid from wikipedia

- Proboscidea (/ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiə/; from Latin proboscis, from Ancient Gr**** προβοσκίς (proboskís) 'elephant's trunk') is a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals...
- near the base. The long-proboscid fly (Moegistorhynchus longirostris), is a pollinator for the plant, using its long proboscid to get nectar. "Lapeirousia...
- suited for wind pollination or have structures that could support long-proboscid fluid feeding. The Aneuretopsychina were the most diverse group of mecopterans...
- similar ecological niche to the modern hippopotamus and the related early proboscid Moeritherium, feeding on soft, aquatic plants in marshy environments....
- (2009). "A Probable Pollination Mode Before Angiosperms: Eurasian, Long-Proboscid Scorpionflies". Science. 326 (5954): 840–847. Bibcode:2009Sci...326..840R...
- ; Delclòs, Xavier; Barrón, Eduardo; Grimaldi, David A. (2015). "Long-Proboscid Flies as Pollinators of Cretaceous Gymnosperms". Current Biology. 25 (14):...
- (2009). "A Probable Pollination Mode Before Angiosperms: Eurasian, Long-Proboscid Scorpionflies". Science. 326 (5954): 840–847. Bibcode:2009Sci...326..840R...
- pollination of Mid Mesozoic seed plants and the early history of long-proboscid insects". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 97 (4): 469–513. doi:10...
- JSTOR 2399833. Combs, J.K.; Pauw, A. (2009). "Preliminary evidence that the long-proboscid fly, Philoliche gulosa, pollinates Disa karooica and its proposed Batesian...
- Pollinators include various species of solitary bees, as well as sunbirds, long-proboscid flies (such as Moegistorhynchus longirostris), butterflies, and night...