Usually means: Large mammals with elongated snouts.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 19 dictionaries that define the word Proboscidean:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. proboscidean: Merriam-Webster
  2. proboscidean: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. proboscidean: Collins English Dictionary
  4. proboscidean: Vocabulary.com
  5. proboscidean: Wordnik
  6. proboscidean: Wiktionary
  7. proboscidean: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. proboscidean: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. proboscidean: Dictionary.com
  10. Proboscidean: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Proboscidean: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. proboscidean: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. proboscidean: Rhymezone
  14. Proboscidean: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. proboscidean: FreeDictionary.org
  16. proboscidean: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. proboscidean: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proboscidean: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See proboscideans as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (proboscidean)

▸ noun:  Any of various large, herbivorous mammals, of the order Proboscidea, that have a trunk; an elephant.

Similar:
proboscidian, elephant, proboscis, elephantoid, elephantid, tusker, elephantimorph, water elephant, olifant, gomphotheriid, more...

Opposite:
non-proboscidean, proboscidean-free, proboscideanless

Types:
elephant, mammoth, mastodon, more...

▸ Words similar to Proboscidean

▸ Usage examples for Proboscidean

▸ Idioms related to Proboscidean

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing Proboscidean

▸ Words that often appear near Proboscidean

▸ Rhymes of Proboscidean

▸ Invented words related to Proboscidean

Similar:
proboscidian, elephant, proboscis, elephantoid, elephantid, tusker, elephantimorph, water elephant, olifant, gomphotheriid, more...

Opposite:
non-proboscidean, proboscidean-free, proboscideanless

Types:
elephant, mammoth, mastodon, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "Proboscidean" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux