Definition of Proboscis

Pro`bos´cis
n.1.(Zool.) 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.(Zool.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.
3.The nose.
Proboscis monkey
(Zool.) See Kahau.


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antlia, beak, beezer, bill, bugle, conk, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, pecker, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle, smeller, snoot, snout, trunk

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