meaning of proboscis
1. 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. By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.
3. The nose.
4. a long flexible snout as of an elephant
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