Definition of Proboscidea. Meaning of Proboscidea. Synonyms of Proboscidea

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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 (/ˌprɒbəˈsɪdiə/; 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...
- 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...
- million years ago around the Tethys Sea area. The closest relatives of the Proboscidea are the sirenians and the hyraxes. The family Elephantidae is known to...
- Proboscidea louisianica is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae. Its true native range is unclear, but probably includes parts of the...
- (2016). "Morphological and ecological diversity of Amebelodontidae (Proboscidea, Mammalia) revealed by a Miocene fossil ac****ulation of an upper-tuskless...
- 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...
- 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 only surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea; extinct relatives include mammoths and mastodons. Distinctive features...
- Coscinida proboscidea is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in Sumatra. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3469 NMBE...