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Noun

1. Any of the [[extinct]] [[proboscidean]]s of the family {{taxfmt|Gomphotheriidae|family}}, that lived in [[North America]] and [[Eurasia]] during the [[Miocene]] and [[Pliocene]] (12—1.6 million years ago), and latterly also in [[South America]] (around 3 million to 9100 years ago).

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