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1. (n.) proboscis
the trunk of an elephant.
2. proboscis
any long flexible snout, as of the tapir.
3. proboscis
the elongate, protruding process on the head of certain insects or worms, used for feeding or for sensing food.
4. proboscis
Facetious. the human nose, esp. when large.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L < Gk proboskís elephant's trunk =pro-pro -2+bósk(ein) to feed +-is (s. -id-) n. suffix)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) proboscis
the human nose (especially when it is large)
2. (noun) proboscis, trunk
a long flexible snout as of an elephant
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) proboscis
a hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk
2. (noun) proboscis
by extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded
3. (noun) proboscis
the nose
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Sense: a nose, or mouth-part in certain animals, insects etc.
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 Afrikaans: slurp |
 Arabic: خُرْطوم الفيل |
 Bulgarian: хобот |
 Brazilian: probóscide |
 Czech: chobot |
 German: der Rüssel |
 Danish: snabel |
 Greek: προβοσκίδα |
 Spanish: probóscide |
 Estonian: lont, kärss |
 Farsi: خرطوم؛ خرطومه |
 Finnish: imukärsä |
 French: trompe |
 Hebrew: חֶדֶק |
 Hindi: कीड़े-मकोड़ों का मुंह |
 Hungarian: szívócső; ormány |
 Indonesian: belalai |
 Icelandic: rani; neftota |
 Italian: proboscide |
 Japanese: 吻 |
 Korean: 입, 주둥이 |
 Lithuanian: čiulptuvas, straublys |
 Latvian: snuķis; smeceris |
 Malay: probosis |
 Dutch: slurf, zuigorgaan |
 Norwegian: snabel |
 Polish: trąb(k)a |
 Persian: خرطوم؛ خرطومه |
 Pashto: د فيل خرطوم |
 Portuguese: tromba |
 Romanian: trompă |
 Russian: хобот(ок) |
 Slovak: chobot |
 Slovenian: rilec |
 Serbian: rilo |
 Swedish: snabel |
 Thai: งวงช้าง |
 Turkish: hortum |
 Taiwanese: 昆蟲的針狀吻，動物長鼻(如象鼻) |
 Ukrainian: хобот; хоботок |
 Urdu: ناک، تھوتھني |
 Vietnamese: vòi |
 Chinese: 动物长鼻（如象鼻），（昆虫的）喙 |
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