[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]