n. Any of various mammals of the order Proboscidea, including elephants and their extinct relatives, usually having a trunk and tusks. adj. Of or belonging to the order Proboscidea. [From New Latin Proboscidea, order name, from Latin proboscis, proboscid-, proboscis; see PROBOSCIS.] |
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