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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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]