proboscidian
/ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiən/
adjective
- Relating to or resembling a proboscis or a trunk.
- Some insects have proboscidian mouthparts for sucking nectar.
- The proboscidian snout of the elephant is both strong and flexible.
- The sculpture had a strange, proboscidian shape that reminded me of an elephant's trunk.
noun
- A large mammal with a trunk, such as an elephant or a mammoth.
- Proboscidians like the woolly mammoth once roamed across cold grasslands.
- Museum visitors marveled at the skeleton of an ancient proboscidian.
- The African elephant is the largest living proboscidian.