Definition of Proboscis

1. Noun. The human nose (especially when it is large).

Generic synonyms: Nose, Olfactory Organ
Language type: Colloquialism

2. Noun. A long flexible snout as of an elephant.
Exact synonyms: Trunk
Generic synonyms: Neb, Snout
Group relationships: Elephant, Mammoth

Definition of Proboscis

1. n. 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.

Definition of Proboscis

1. Noun. (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. ¹

2. Noun. Informally, a large human nose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proboscis

1. [n -CISES or -CIDES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proboscis

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Literary usage of Proboscis

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

1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology by Museum of Comparative Zoology, John E. Cadle, Harvard University (1905)
"proboscis and proboscis Sheath. The proboscis is attached to the tissues of the head in the region of the brain and extends backward in an outer closed tube ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"This retractor-muscle, indeed, serves to pull back with great rapidity the extruded proboscis, and is aided in its action by the musculature of the head. ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"The latter may easily be recognized by its peculiar proboscis, which is kept ... The sucking apparatus of the Diptera consists of a suctorial proboscis, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This very effective and elaborate innervation, which has been directly traced (6) to the brain, whence strong nerves (generally two) enter the proboscis, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"B, The proboscis of one still more highly magnified. meins of an oviduct. ... The body is divisible into a proboscis and i trunk with sometimes an ..."

6. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1875)
"The antlia or proboscis of Lepidopterous insects is well known to be composed of the transformed maxilla; ; each of these is channelled along its internal ..."

7. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Henry Meyners Bernard, Matilda Bernard, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1896)
"of the ectodermal and the endodermal portions of the intestine are difficult to determine. A. Buccal Cavity, Snout, proboscis. The alimentary canal has an ..."

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