proboscidio.
(Of proboscis).
1. adj. Zool. It is said the mammals with prehensile trunk formed by welding the nose with the upper lip, and five fingers in the limbs, over each of them in a small hoof and enshrined in a fleshy mass; e.g., the elephant. U t. c. s.
2. m. pl. Zool. Order of these animals.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
