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proboscis 音標拼音: [prob'ɑsəs] n. 鼻子,長嘴,吻 鼻子,長嘴,吻 proboscis n 1: the human nose ( especially when it is large) 2: a long flexible snout as of an elephant [ synonym: { proboscis}, { trunk}] Proboscis \ Pro* bos" cis\, n.; pl. { Proboscides}. [ L. fr. Gr. ?; ? before ? to feed, graze.] 1. ( Zool.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified maxill[ ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of { Hemiptera} and { Lepidoptera}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a portion of the pharynx that can be everted or protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The nose. [ Jocose] [ 1913 Webster] { Proboscis monkey}. ( Zool.) See { Kahau}. [ 1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " proboscis": antlia, beak, beezer, bill, bugle, conk, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, pecker, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle, smeller, snoot, snout, trunk
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