proboscídeo

Definitions of proboscídeo
  1. noun
    massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
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    elefante
    five-toed pachyderm
    mastodonte
    extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
    elefante asiático
    Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male
    elefante africano
    an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
    mamut
    any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
    mastodonte americano
    mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon
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    placentario
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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