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Meanings of proboscis in English
Facial anomaly.
Portuguese
probóscide Spanish
probóscide Usage of proboscis in English
1
But we have no space for a description of this eternal proboscis.
2
The body cilia are not thickly placed except around the proboscis.
3
Whether the proboscis is at work or not the song is never interrupted.
4
Each worm has a tube-shaped organ called a proboscis hidden inside its body.
5
She felt the proboscis withdraw, and the lights came on again.
6
Capable of taking hold of anything, as the elephant does with his proboscis.
7
It was covered with a very fine skin, and served as a proboscis.
8
He pokes his meddlesome proboscis into everything and gives oodles of advice, unasked.
9
Shields gave a grunt as he peered up that formidable proboscis.
10
See how one lands there, and sticks its proboscis into the orange center?
11
It's got too many legs, and a proboscis, and other organs.
12
Twin heads, each with a matching anteater proboscis, presumably once drills.
13
Her mouth hung open, and her proboscis lolled like a massive stiff tongue.
14
The central ganglion of the nervous system lies in the proboscis sheath or septum.
15
They swim strongly, with the proboscis erect in the air.
16
Tom Rogers suddenly awoke; a mosquito had fixed its sharp proboscis in his nose.
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