| proboscis |
Elongated organ, usually associated with the mouth. The proboscis is an important feeding appendage in echiurans.
Ãâó: paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Glossary/glossary.htm
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| proboscis |
outgrowth of the mouth (in marine worms) that contains jaws.
Ãâó: www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/canwaters-eauxcan/bbb-lgb/librar...
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| proboscis |
an anterior trunklike process
Ãâó: www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/end_species/es_gloss/es_gl...
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| proboscis |
The "beak" of an insect, used to probe and obtain food.
Ãâó: www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Web/dglossary.html
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| proboscis |
a nose, or in the case of butterflies the coiled sucking mouthpart
Ãâó: insects.tamu.edu/youth/4H/studymaterials/senior/gl...
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