PROBOSCIDIANS Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word proboscidians. (close relations)
Definition of PROBOSCIDIANS
proboscidean
Best Alternative Words for PROBOSCIDIANS
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| behemoths | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone that is abnormally large and powerful • a person of exceptional importance and reputation | ||||||||
| elephants | nounn | |||||||
noun • five-toed pachyderm • the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 | ||||||||
| giants | nounn | |||||||
noun • any creature of exceptional size • a person of exceptional importance and reputation • an unusually large enterprise • a very large person; impressive in size or qualities • someone that is abnormally large and powerful • an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales • a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) adjective satellite • of great mass; huge and bulky | ||||||||
| jumbos | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of great mass; huge and bulky | ||||||||
| mammoths | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks adjective satellite • so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth | ||||||||
| masts | nounn | |||||||
noun • a vertical spar for supporting sails • nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground • nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine • any sturdy upright pole | ||||||||
| pachyderms | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus | ||||||||
| tuskers | nounn | |||||||
noun • any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) | ||||||||
| proboscidean | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk | ||||||||
