Definition of Proboscises

1. Noun. (plural of proboscis) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proboscises

1. proboscis [n] - See also: proboscis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proboscises

probole
proboles
probosci
proboscidate
proboscidean
proboscideans
proboscides
proboscidian
proboscidians
proboscidiform
probosciform
proboscis
proboscis flower
proboscis monkey
proboscis worm
proboscises (current term)
probs
probucol
proc
procacious
procacities
procacity
procainamide
procaine
procaine hydrochloride
procaine penicillin
procaines
procambia
procambial
procambium

Literary usage of Proboscises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Student's Text-book of Zoology by Adam Sedgwick, Joseph Jackson Lister, Arthur Everett Shipley (1898)
"Head with two or four suckers, and with four protractile proboscises armed with ... With two suckers and two armed proboscises; genital openings marginal. ..."

2. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"Acanthocephala kept in tap water for a few hours to several days will retain everted proboscises. With a paper (Kleenex) remove most of the water from under ..."

3. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"The males reach up to 20 feet head-to-tail, weigh as much as three tons, and have dangling proboscises that inspired their name. ..."

4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1877)
"... authors on the same subject, will be found lists of the insects on whose proboscises (generally—or at least near that organ) pollinia have been noticed. ..."

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