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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun proboscis has 2 senses
- proboscis(n = noun.body) - the human nose (especially when it is large); is a kind of nose, olfactory organ
- proboscis(n = noun.animal) trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephant; is a kind of neb, snout
is a part of elephant, mammoth
CIDE DICTIONARY
proboscis, n. [L. fr. Gr. ; before + to feed, graze.].
- 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]" 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 maxillæ, or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera andLepidoptera ." [1913 Webster] - By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded. [1913 Webster]" 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]
- The nose. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
proboscis, n.
1 the long flexible trunk or snout of some mammals, e.g. an elephant or tapir.
2 the elongated mouth parts of some insects.
3 the sucking organ in some worms.
4 joc. the human nose.
1 the long flexible trunk or snout of some mammals, e.g. an elephant or tapir.
2 the elongated mouth parts of some insects.
3 the sucking organ in some worms.
4 joc. the human nose.
Idiom
proboscis monkey a monkey, Nasalis larvatus, native to Borneo, the male of which has a large pendulous nose.
Derivative
proboscidiferous adj. proboscidiform adj.
Etymology
L proboscis -cidis f. Gk proboskis f. probosko (as PRO-(2), bosko feed)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
proboscis
n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk.Asked how he knew that an elephant was going on a journey, the illustrious Jo. Miller cast a reproachful look upon his tormentor, and answered, absently: "When it is ajar," and threw himself from a high promontory into the sea. Thus perished in his pride the most famous humorist of antiquity, leaving to mankind a heritage of woe! No successor worthy of the title has appeared, though Mr. Edward bok, of _The Ladies' Home Journal_, is much respected for the purity and sweetness of his personal character.
THESAURUS
proboscis
antlia, beak, beezer, bill, bugle, conk, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, pecker, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle, smeller, snoot, snout, trunkROGET THESAURUS
proboscis
Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).
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