单词	proboscidean
释义	proboscidean noun pro·​bos·​ci·​de·​an prə-ˌbä-sə-ˈdē-ən  variants or less commonly proboscidian prə-ˌbä-ˈsi-dē-ən  (ˌ)prō- : any of an order (Proboscidea) of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms (such as mastodons) proboscidean adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web As Jacey Fortin reports for the New York Times, Jude, now 10, had accidentally stumbled upon the fossilized skull of a 1.2 million-year-old stegomastodon, an extinct proboscidean that belongs to the same family as elephants, mammoths and mastodons. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 19 July 2017 As Jacey Fortin reports for the New York Times, Jude, now 10, had accidentally stumbled upon the fossilized skull of a 1.2 million-year-old stegomastodon, an extinct proboscidean that belongs to the same family as elephants, mammoths and mastodons. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 20 July 2017 Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved. Joseph J. Kolb, Fox News, 18 July 2017 Phiomia, Deinotherium, Amebelodon, and other archaic proboscideans are represented by both fossils and models, and the artwork in the exhibit is wonderful. Brian Switek, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2010 Word History Etymology ultimately from Latin proboscid-, proboscis First Known Use 1835, in the meaning defined above
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