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Definition of Proboscidea

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.

Meaning of Proboscidea from wikipedia

- Proboscidea (/ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiə/; from Latin proboscis, from Ancient Gr**** προβοσκίς (proboskís) 'elephant's trunk') is a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals...
- Proboscidea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae, some of whose species are known as devil's claw, devil's horn, ram's horn, or unicorn...
- Colossendeis proboscidea is a species of sea spider in the family Colossendeidae. It is native to the Arctic and northeast Atlantic. Bamber RN, El Nagar...
- the late Miocene to the early Holocene. Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as elephants and mammoths (which belong to the family...
- Proboscidea sabulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae known by the common names sanddune unicorn-plant, dune unicorn plant and...
- Proboscidea louisianica is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae. Its true native range is unclear, but probably includes parts of the...
- Proboscidea parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae known by the common names doubleclaw and red devil's-claw. It is native...
- Oedignatha proboscidea is a species of spider of the genus Oedignatha endemic to Sri Lanka. List of Liocranidae species "Oedignatha proboscidea (Strand,...
- Proboscidea ****ata, the New Mexico unicorn-plant, is a herbaceous, flowering plant. Proboscidea ****ata occurs in southwest regions of Texas, and southeastern...
- Hyraxes share several unusual characteristics with mammalian orders Proboscidea (elephants and their extinct relatives) and Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)...