proboscide — meaning in English
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English meaning
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
- noun An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
- noun The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
- noun The trunk of an elephant.
- noun A large or lengthy human nose.
snout — full definition
- noun The projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a pig.
- noun A person's nose (informal or humorous).