Associations to the word «Gomphotheriidae»

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Wiktionary

GOMPHOTHERIIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Proboscidea   — the gomphotheres, a diverse possibly paraphyletic group of extinct elephant-like animals.

Dictionary definition

GOMPHOTHERIIDAE, noun. Elephants extinct since the Pleistocene.

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