| proboscis |
the human nose (especially when it is large) a long flexible snout as of an elephant
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| proboscis |
[pro-BOSS-iss] the extended, coiled mouthparts of a butterfly or moth (and some other insects).
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| proboscis |
the inarticulate trophi of the Musc? and is sometimes soft, labiated and generally retractile, sometimes horny and acute; according to Kirby it is the tongue of the Hymenoptera with all the apparatus, and its vagina.
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| proboscis |
in invertebrates, a hollow, strawlike mouthpart; some butterflies have a long proboscis for drinking flower nectar
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| proboscis |
The long drinking tube used by insects like the butterfly.
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