proboscidean

Other forms: proboscideans

Definitions of proboscidean

1. noun

   massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
   synonyms: proboscidian

   types:

   elephant

   five-toed pachyderm

   mastodon, mastodont

   extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth

   rogue elephant

   a wild and vicious elephant separated from the herd

   Elephas maximus, Indian elephant

   Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male

   African elephant, Loxodonta africana

   an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks

   mammoth

   any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

   American mastodon, American mastodont, Mammut americanum

   mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon

   gomphothere

   extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene

   type of:

   eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

   mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials