kärsä — meaning in English

English meaning

• nose noun The part of the face that contains the nostrils and is used for breathing and smelling.
• proboscis noun A long tube-like part on an animal's head, near or forming its mouth.
• rostrum noun A raised platform that a speaker, conductor or performer stands on.
• snout noun The projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a pig.
• tongue noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.
• trunk noun The main woody stem of a tree, between the roots and the branches.

Senses

kärsä is used for these senses in English:

• nose A snout, the nose of an animal.
• proboscis (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
• rostrum (zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.
• snout The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
• snout The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
• snout The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
• tongue Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
• trunk The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.

nose — full definition

1. noun The part of the face that contains the nostrils and is used for breathing and smelling.
2. noun The projecting front or tip of an object, such as an aircraft or vehicle.
3. noun A person's sense of smell, or the ability to detect or judge something, especially wine or a story worth investigating.
4. verb To move slowly and carefully forward, front end first.
5. verb To pry or snoop into something, often as "nose around" or "nose into."

proboscis — full definition

1. noun A long tube-like part on an animal's head, near or forming its mouth.
2. noun The tube-shaped part some insects, worms and molluscs use to feed and suck up liquid.
3. noun An elephant's trunk.
4. noun A big or long nose on a person.

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