Akademik

Gomphotheriidae

noun

elephants extinct since the Pleistocene

• Syn: ↑family Gomphotheriidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Proboscidea, ↑order Proboscidea

• Member Meronyms: ↑Gomphotherium, ↑genus Gomphotherium

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\\ˌgäm(p)fōthəˈrīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gomphotherium, type genus + -idae

: a family of widely distributed fossil elephants extinct since the Pleistocene

Useful english dictionary. 2012.