proboscidea

• Таксономический термин, обозначающий либо отряд млекопитающих, включающий слонов и мамонтов, либо род цветковых растений, известных как единорожьи растения.

A taxonomic term referring either to an order of mammals that includes elephants and mammoths, or to a genus of flowering plants known as unicorn plants.

proper noun

1. Taxonomic order of mammalsC2formalscientific

   An order of mammals characterized by having a trunk or proboscis, including elephants and their extinct relatives like mammoths and mastodons.

   Хоботные

   • Proboscidea is the biological order that includes modern elephants.
   • Fossil remains of Proboscidea have been found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
   • The study of Proboscidea helps scientists understand mammalian evolution.

2. C2formalscientific

   A genus of flowering plants in the family Martyniaceae, commonly known as unicorn plants or devil's claws, native to the Americas.

   Род цветковых растений

   • Proboscidea species produce distinctive claw-shaped seed pods.
   • The unicorn plant, Proboscidea louisianica, is native to the southern United States.
   • Proboscidea flowers are adapted for pollination by bees.