[syn: Proboscidea, order Proboscidea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Proboscidea \Pro`bos*cid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Proboscis.]
(Zool.)
An order of large mammals including the elephants and
mastodons.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Proboscidea
n 1: in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and
hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn
plants [syn: Proboscidea, genus Proboscidea]
2: an order of animals including elephants and mammoths [syn:
Proboscidea, order Proboscidea]