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proboscis
(encz) | proboscis,chobot n: Zdeněk Brož |
proboscis
(encz) | proboscis,velký nos n: [hovor.] Zdeněk Brož |
Proboscis
(gcide) | Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ?
before + ? to feed, graze.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
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Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
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2. (Zool.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
protruded.
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Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
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3. The nose. [Jocose]
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Proboscis monkey. (Zool.) See Kahau.
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proboscis
(wn) | proboscis
n 1: the human nose (especially when it is large)
2: a long flexible snout as of an elephant [syn: proboscis,
trunk] |
proboscis
(devil) | PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him
in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him.
For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk.
Asked how he knew that an elephant was going on a journey, the
illustrious Jo. Miller cast a reproachful look upon his tormentor, and
answered, absently: "When it is ajar," and threw himself from a high
promontory into the sea. Thus perished in his pride the most famous
humorist of antiquity, leaving to mankind a heritage of woe! No
successor worthy of the title has appeared, though Mr. Edward Bok, of
_The Ladies' Home Journal_, is much respected for the purity and
sweetness of his personal character.
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proboscis flower
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proboscis monkey
(encz) | proboscis monkey, n: |
proboscis worm
(encz) | proboscis worm, n: |
Proboscis
(gcide) | Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ?
before + ? to feed, graze.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
protruded.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
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3. The nose. [Jocose]
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Proboscis monkey. (Zool.) See Kahau.
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proboscis monkey
(gcide) | Kahau \Ka*hau"\, n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zool.)
A long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus, formerly
Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color
of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts,
shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top
of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also
proboscis monkey. It is now an endangered species. [Written
also kaha.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ?
before + ? to feed, graze.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
protruded.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
3. The nose. [Jocose]
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Proboscis monkey. (Zool.) See Kahau.
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Proboscis monkey
(gcide) | Kahau \Ka*hau"\, n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zool.)
A long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus, formerly
Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color
of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts,
shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top
of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also
proboscis monkey. It is now an endangered species. [Written
also kaha.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ?
before + ? to feed, graze.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
protruded.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
3. The nose. [Jocose]
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Proboscis monkey. (Zool.) See Kahau.
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proboscis flower
(wn) | proboscis flower
n 1: annual of southern United States to Mexico having large
whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long
curving beak [syn: common unicorn plant, devil's claw,
common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower,
ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica] |
proboscis monkey
(wn) | proboscis monkey
n 1: Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose [syn: {proboscis
monkey}, Nasalis larvatus] |
proboscis worm
(wn) | proboscis worm
n 1: soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike
proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract [syn:
ribbon worm, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm] |
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