proboscidea

1. 1.

   in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants

   Synonymsgenus Proboscidea

   Broaderplant genus

   Part ofPedaliaceae
2. 2.

   an order of animals including elephants and mammoths

   Synonymsorder Proboscidea

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofEutheria

Other forms of proboscidea

plural

proboscideas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about proboscidea

What does proboscidea mean?

proboscidea means "in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in proboscidea?

proboscidea has 5 syllables: pro-bo-sci-de-a. The stress falls on "sci".

What is another word for proboscidea?

Close synonyms include genus Proboscidea, order Proboscidea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is proboscidea a common word?

proboscidea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.