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What (who) is proboscis$64073$ - definition
ELONGATED APPENDAGE FROM THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL, EITHER A VERTEBRATE OR AN INVERTEBRATE
Probosces; Probiscis; Proboscis (Lepidoptera); Proboscis (gastropod)
![[[Convolvulus hawk-moth]] (''[[Agrius convolvuli]]'') feeding with extended proboscis](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Convolvulus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) 2.jpg?width=200 "[[Convolvulus hawk-moth]] (''[[Agrius convolvuli]]'') feeding with extended proboscis")
![syrphid fly]] using its proboscis to reach the nectar of a flower](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eristalinus October 2007-6.jpg?width=200 "syrphid fly]] using its proboscis to reach the nectar of a flower")
![Kellet's whelks]] feeding on a dead fish using a long, prehensile proboscis.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kelletia kelletii 4.jpg?width=200 "Kellet's whelks]] feeding on a dead fish using a long, prehensile proboscis.")
![Proboscis of a predatory marine snail ''[[Mitra mitra]]''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mitra-mitra.jpg?width=200 "Proboscis of a predatory marine snail ''[[Mitra mitra]]''.")
![Everted proboscis of a polychaete (''[[Phyllodoce lineata]]'')](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phyllodoce lineata.jpg?width=200 "Everted proboscis of a polychaete (''[[Phyllodoce lineata]]'')")
Proboscis
·noun The Nose.
II. Proboscis ·noun By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.
III. Proboscis ·noun 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.
proboscis
n.
Snout, trunk.
proboscis
[pr?'b?s?s]
¦ noun (plural probosces -si:z, proboscides -s?di:z, or proboscises)
1. the nose of a mammal, especially when long and mobile like the trunk of an elephant.
2. Zoology an elongated sucking organ or mouthpart.
Origin
C17: via L. from Gk proboskis 'means of obtaining food', from pro 'before' + boskein '(cause to) feed'.
Wikipedia
Proboscis
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A proboscis () is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, a proboscis is an elongated nose or snout.
