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proboscide — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • proboscis noun A long tube-like part on an animal's head, near or forming its mouth.
  • snout noun The projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a pig.
  • trunk noun The main woody stem of a tree, between the roots and the branches.

Senses

proboscide is used for these senses in English:

  • proboscis (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
  • snout The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
  • snout The front of the prow of a ship or boat. [First attested in 1387.]
  • snout The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
  • 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.

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.

snout — full definition

  1. noun The projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a pig.
  2. noun A person's nose (informal or humorous).
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