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proboscis monkey
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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.]
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Proboscis monkey
(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 monkey
(wn) | proboscis monkey
n 1: Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose [syn: {proboscis
monkey}, Nasalis larvatus] |
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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.
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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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