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Look up: Proboscidea

  1. Proboscidea
    [n] - in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants 2. [n] - an order of animals including elephants and mammoths
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  2. proboscidea
    an order of large gravigrade mammals comprising the elephant Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Proboscidea
    Pro`bos·cid'e·a noun plural [ New Latin See Proboscis .] (Zoology) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/165

  4. proboscidea
    <zoology> An order of large mammal including the elephants and mastodons. ... Origin: NL. See Proboscis. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. Proboscidea
    order Proboscidea noun an order of animals including elephants and mammoths
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  6. Proboscidea
    genus Proboscidea noun in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Proboscidea
    • (n. pl.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Proboscidea
    Proboscidea An order of terrestrial mammals (Ferungulata) comprising the elephants and their extinct relatives; typically with a large body size and showing development of a trunk from the nose and upper lip; teeth reduced, upper jaw often with tusks. It includes elephants and mammoths (Elephantidae...
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  9. Proboscidea
    The proboscidea are an order of Eutheria. They are large animals of the ungulate type. The two upper incisors are modified to form tusks. Canines and Premolars are lacking.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Proboscidea
    `Proboscidea` is an order containing one living family, Elephantidae, and several recently extinct families, Gomphotheriidae (a subfamily of Elephantoidea), possibly Stegodontidae (depending on the assignment of Stegodon) and Mammutidae. Elephantidae contains three living species (the African...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proboscidea

  11. Proboscidea
    (plant) `Proboscidea` is a genus of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae, some of whose species are known as `devil`s claw`, `devil`s horn`, `ram`s horn`, or `unicorn plant`. The plants produce long, hooked seed pods. The hooks catch on the feet of animals, and as the animals wal...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proboscidea



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/calendar/ February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. read more

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