GO:0072237:   metanephric proximal tubule development
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the metanephric proximal tubule over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The metanephric proximal tubule is a metanephric nephron tubule that connects Bowman"s capsule to the descending thin limb of the loop of Henle in the metanephros. It has a brush border epithelial morphology.