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Synonyms for proboscis


Grammar : Noun
Spell : proh-bos-is, -kis
Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈbɒs ɪs, -kɪs



Définition of proboscis

Origin :
  • c.1600, "elephant's trunk," from Latin proboscis (Pliny), from Greek proboskis "elephant's trunk," literally "means for taking food," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + boskein "to nourish, feed," from boskesthai "graze, be fed," from stem *bot- (cf. botane "grass, fodder;" see botanic).
  • noun nose
Example sentences :
  • The elephant thrust his proboscis into the lake, which disturbed the reflection.
  • Extract from : « Moon Lore » by Timothy Harley
  • The scarcest monkey in Borneo is the proboscis, or long-nosed.
  • Extract from : « Borneo and the Indian Archipelago » by Frank S. Marryat
  • He tried his proboscis upon one curiosity after another, in vain.
  • Extract from : « Rollo's Museum » by Jacob Abbott
  • One of them, a round one, fell on the floor, just out of reach of his proboscis.'
  • Extract from : « Animal Intelligence » by George J. Romanes
  • In the grub he has detected the rudiment of the wing and proboscis of the future being.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
  • The strangest portion of the Elephant is the trunk, or proboscis.
  • Extract from : « Story of the Bible Animals » by J. G. Wood
  • Between the oral openings of the two opposed rhinocann (one dorsal and one ventral) lies the proboscis of the central capsule.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The connection with the proboscis of the gallinipper is especially apt.
  • Extract from : « Ceremonies of the Pomo Indians » by Samuel Alfred Barrett
  • The proboscis is slender, hollow, muscular, and full of nerves.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • In the case of both of these genera the mouth is situated at the end of a proboscis.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold

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