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PROBOSCIS

\pɹəbˈɒskɪs], \pɹəbˈɒskɪs], \p_ɹ_ə_b_ˈɒ_s_k_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of PROBOSCIS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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the human nose (especially when it is large)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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.
By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The trunk of an elephant; the snout, nose, or tube, of certain animals and insects.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The trunk of some animals, as the elephant, for conveying food to the mouth.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Trunk, as of an elephant, &c.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The trunk, as of an elephant, to take and convey food to the mouth, or the snout of an insect, to suck blood or juice.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The snout or trunk of an elephant; the long snout of other animals, particularly insects.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A trunk-like process of the head, as of Insects, Annelids, Nemerteans, Elephants.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

n. [Latin, Greek] An extensible hollow tube projecting from the head of the elephant and other animals, and capable of absorbing fluids; a snout; a trunk. The proboscis of insects is usually a horny tube formed by the modified jaws.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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