Meaning Of The Word Proboscidean

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Proboscidean? Find Proboscidean meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Proboscidean Meaning

Proboscidean Definition
Proboscidean Definition

What's The Definition Of Proboscidean?

proboscidean in American English
any of an order (Proboscidea) of large mammals having tusks and a long, flexible, tubelike snout, as the elephant
of the proboscideans
adjective: pertaining to or resembling a proboscis
noun: a proboscidean animal

proboscidean in British English
adjective: of, relating to, or belonging to the Proboscidea, an order of massive herbivorous placental mammals having tusks and a long trunk: contains the elephants
noun: any proboscidean animal

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Plasticize ‐ to make or become plastic; to render or become…
  • Microbalance ‐ an extremely sensitive balance, used to weigh…
  • Flypaper ‐ a sticky or poisonous paper set out to catch or…
  • Anesthetic to ‐ incapable of feeling or…
  • Absence ‐ the condition of being absent, or away; noun:…
  • Be a sore point with someone ‐ if a particular subject is a sore point with someone…
  • Lime green ‐ adjective: of a moderate greenish-yellow colour…
  • Overpitch ‐ verb: to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too…
  • Protomorphic ‐ adjective: having a primitive character or structure…
  • Ingress ‐ the act of entering; noun: the act of going in…