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proboscis

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noun/pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs//pɹoʊˈbɑs(k)ɪs//pɹoʊˈbɒs(k)ɪs/
  1. 1

    An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.

    • Don Caldwell, editor-in-chief of the site Know Your Meme, namechecks Brr Brr Patapim, “a proboscis monkey that is also a tree”, as one who made it to YouTube.
  2. 2

    An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.; The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.

    • Unlike the proboscides of Lower brachyceran lineages, which are continuous with the head capsule and tend to dangle (Matsuda 1965), the proboscides of most cyclorrhaphan species are suspended by a membranous region and divided into three fu
  3. 3

    An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.; The trunk of an elephant.

  4. 4

    A large or lengthy human nose.humorousinformalmildly

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