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proboscis (iou)



proboscis noun. , -scises. E17.
[Latin from Greek proboskis lit. 'means of providing food', formed as PRO-2 + boskein (cause to) feed.]
An elephant's trunk; the long flexible snout of some other mammals, e.g. the tapir and the proboscis monkey. E17.
A person's nose. joc. M17.
An elongated, often tubular and flexible, mouth part of many insects; an extensible tubular sucking organ in some worms. M17.
Comb.: proboscis monkey a large leaf-monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long pendulous nose.