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proboscidean, -ian, a. and n.|prɒbəˈsɪdiːən, -ɪən|
[f. prec. + -an, or f. L. proboscid-em + -ian: cf. F. proboscidien.]
A. adj.
1. Of or belonging to the Proboscidea.
1839–47Todd's Cycl. Anat. III. 875/2 The nasal prolongation of the Proboscidian Pachyderms is able to move in every needful direction. 1893Edin. Rev. Oct. 354 Then was the culminating epoch of the proboscidean family.
2. Of animals of any kind: Having a proboscis.
1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 385/2 In most of the proboscidian species the tongue is short. 1868Owen Vertebr. Anim. III. 337 In the great proboscidian and hooded Seals. 1901Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2101. 842 Marsh fevers are produced by the bites of proboscidian insects.
3. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a proboscis.
1875C. C. Blake Zool. 58 The snout of the Hedgehog is elongated, and the nose proboscidean. 1898F. Lees tr. Margueritte's Disaster 72 Du Breuil noticed the proboscidian gravity with which a Captain of Gendarmerie,..with an enormous nose, carried a petit-verre to his mouth.
B. n. A mammal of the order Proboscidea.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvii. 199 In the Proboscidians of Cuvier, including the elephant and Mastodon, or fossil elephant, there are five toes. 1842C. H. Smith Mammalia 269 In the next group we have the true Proboscideans. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man xii. 226 Before the growth of the ancient forest, the Mastodon arvernensis, a large proboscidian,..appears to have died out. |