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PROBOSCIDIEN [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2008-02-12
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Biological Sciences
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- proboscic
1, record 1, English, proboscic
correct, adjective
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- proboscidal 1, record 1, English, proboscidal
correct, adjective
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Relating to, resembling, or of the nature of a proboscis 1, record 1, English, - proboscic
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Sciences biologiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- proboscidien
1, record 1, French, proboscidien
correct, adjective
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Se dit d'un organe ou d'un appendice prolongé en forme de trompe. 2, record 1, French, - proboscidien
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Par extension, feuille proboscidienne: feuille ou appendice foliaire spécialisé, formé principalement de la nervure et portant souvent des propagules [organes de reproduction chez les Bryophytes]. 1, record 1, French, - proboscidien
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2000-02-14
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Mammals
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- proboscidea
1, record 2, English, proboscidea
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The order to which modern elephants as well as the now-extinct mammoth and mastodon belong. 1, record 2, English, - proboscidea
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Mammifères
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- proboscidien
1, record 2, French, proboscidien
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les éléphants, seuls représentants actuels de l'ordre des proboscidiens, se reconnaissent immédiatement à leur grande taille (hauteur maxima 4m, poids 5000 kg.) et à leur longue trompe mobile, préhensible, formée par l'allongement de leur nez et de leur lèvre supérieure [...]. On peut [...] considérer comme une découverte capitale celle de leurs ancêtres tertiaires et notamment des mastodontes qui sont venus diminuer l'écart entre eux et les ongulés primitifs. 1, record 2, French, - proboscidien
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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