Proboscidea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Proboscidea
       n 1: in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and
            hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn
            plants [syn: {genus Proboscidea}]
       2: an order of animals including elephants and mammoths [syn: {order
          Proboscidea}]