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Meanings of proboscis in English

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Facial anomaly.

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Portuguese
probóscide
Spanish
probóscide

A long flexible snout as of an elephant.

probóscide
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Examples for "trunk"
Examples for "trunk"
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The tree in the foreground is 20 inches in diameter of trunk.
Walnut Growing in Oregon
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Immediately, a great trunk extended from the speck and into the future.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
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A second man brought out a case of beer from his trunk.
First contact: or, it's later than you think
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However, not until recently have any chemoattractants of trunk NCCs been identified.
Pubmed
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This central trunk then divides into a limited number of major branches.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
Usage of proboscis in English
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But we have no space for a description of this eternal proboscis.
The Fiend's Delight
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The body cilia are not thickly placed except around the proboscis.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
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Whether the proboscis is at work or not the song is never interrupted.
Social Life in the Insect World
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Each worm has a tube-shaped organ called a proboscis hidden inside its body.
BBC
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She felt the proboscis withdraw, and the lights came on again.
Midnight at the well of souls
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Capable of taking hold of anything, as the elephant does with his proboscis.
Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
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It was covered with a very fine skin, and served as a proboscis.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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He pokes his meddlesome proboscis into everything and gives oodles of advice, unasked.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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Shields gave a grunt as he peered up that formidable proboscis.
Speaks the Nightbird
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See how one lands there, and sticks its proboscis into the orange center?
Midnight at the well of souls
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It's got too many legs, and a proboscis, and other organs.
The Rhesus Chart
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Twin heads, each with a matching anteater proboscis, presumably once drills.
The Guardian
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Her mouth hung open, and her proboscis lolled like a massive stiff tongue.
The Scar
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The central ganglion of the nervous system lies in the proboscis sheath or septum.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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They swim strongly, with the proboscis erect in the air.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
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Tom Rogers suddenly awoke; a mosquito had fixed its sharp proboscis in his nose.
The Three Lieutenants
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