proboscidean

English Thesaurus

1. massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal,
definition	:	mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	elephant,
definition	:	five-toed pachyderm (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	mastodon, mastodont,
definition	:	extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order proboscidea, proboscidea,
definition	:	an order of animals including elephants and mammoths (noun.animal)