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Meaning of "proboscis"
Proboscis refers to the elongated appendage or organ found in some animals, such as elephants or butterflies, used for feeding, sensing, or sucking up liquids. It is commonly used in biology and zoology to describe specialized mouthparts
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- An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
- The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
- The trunk of an elephant.
- A large or lengthy human nose.
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The proboscis contains muscles for operating.
There is an extensible proboscis above the mouth.
The proboscis is used primarily for feeding.
Tokeepyourhandsome young proboscis out of the dirt.
The proboscis is very short and weak.
The adults have a unique microsculturing proboscis.
The proboscis lateralis is a rare nasal anomaly.
The mouth is provided with an extensible proboscis.
It has the proboscis for extracting blood.
The somewhat prolonged mouth has a proboscis.
Each proboscis contains numerous glandular sacs.
Survival is attributed to residual stages in the proboscis.
Proboscis worms are predators of other small invertebrates.
The face and proboscis are short.
The proboscis is likely the result of convergent evolution.
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Short body and proboscis unarmed.
The proboscis is long and dark.
The head is round and the proboscis is short.
The proboscis is long and flexible.
At the front end of the cell is a mobile proboscis.
It had a proboscis where the mouth would normally be.
The species has a short proboscis.
It has a proboscis which is nearly as long as the body.
Male has dark scaled proboscis.
Its proboscis is long and weak.
They are home to the proboscis monkey.
The proboscis or rostrum lacks a beak.
The eyes are bare and the proboscis is robust.
The proboscis is long and brown.
Male has maxillary palpus longer than proboscis.
The moth uses a proboscis to feed itself nectar.
And out comes her proboscis.
The proboscis is covered in a protective sheath.
Their trunk is also called a proboscis.
The proboscis is also totally black.
The reason was a mosquito with a very long proboscis.
It is the proboscis of the female insect that pierces.
A slightly longer or differently constructed proboscis.
It had a proboscis about like.
It also looks similar to a proboscis monkey.
The proboscis is relatively short.
The scientific name for the hose is a proboscis.
The proboscis is fully developed.
With the head when inserting the proboscis.
There is a muscular proboscis with one or more pairs of jaws.
Proboscis short almost concealed.
Its eyes are hairy and its proboscis is fully developed.
The proboscis is fully formed.
Drawing blood up the proboscis and into her gut.
The proboscis is short and the antennae are short.
