proboscidean
nounAny of various mammals of the order Proboscidea, including elephants and their extinct relatives, usually having a trunk and tusks.
adjectiveOf or belonging to the order Proboscidea.
Having a proboscis or trunk; proboscidate or proboscidiferous; belonging to the mammalian order Proboscidea.
Of or pertaining to a proboscis: as, “the proboscidean sheath of the Nemertines,”
Also proboscidial, proboscoid.
nounA mammal of the order Proboscidea; an elephantid or dinotheriid.
nounAlso
Proboscidian.
nounAny of various large,
massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
