Below the curve of eyes was a protruding diamond-shaped structure with holes at each point of the diamond, and below that a round proboscidian mouth lined with inward-facing fangs. From Wordnik.com. [Codgerspace]
Nineteen other species of invertebrates are known: three species of early sirenian (sea cow), one partial skeleton of the primitive proboscidian Moeritherium, early mammals, sharks, crocodiles, three kinds of sawfish, rays, cartilaginous and bony fishes, several kinds of turtles, including a sea turtle and a sea snake. From Wordnik.com. [Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt] Reference
Mastodon arvernensis, a large proboscidian, characteristic of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquity of Man] Reference
The hair verged on a fiery red, the nose was a real sky-scraper and the upper lip was almost proboscidian in its length. From Wordnik.com. [The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him] Reference
The hair verged on a fiery red, the nose was a real sky-scraper and the tipper lip was almost proboscidian in its length. From Wordnik.com. [The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him]
A proboscidian came next with four short tusks, and in the Miocene there followed a Mastodon (Fig. 346) armed with two pairs of long, straight tusks on which rested a flexible proboscis. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
In this immense proboscidian, whose skull was three feet long, the upper pair of tusks had disappeared, and those of the lower jaw were bent down with a backward curve in walrus fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
How dare he denigrate the volant proboscidian?. From Wordnik.com. [Buridan's Ass] Reference
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