proboscidate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the stem of Latin proboscis +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəˈbɒsɪdeɪt/, /pɹəˈbɒsɪdət/

Adjective[edit]

proboscidate (comparative more proboscidate, superlative most proboscidate)

  1. (chiefly zoology) Having, or shaped like, a proboscis.
    • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, pages 40–1:
      The visitor [...] returned several times to the pictures of little Armande in her bath, pressing a proboscidate rubber toy to her shiny stomach or standing up, dimple-bottomed, to be lathered.
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