proboscis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /proʊˈbɒsɪs/

Noun

Wikipedia proboscis (plural proboscises or proboscides or probosci)

1. (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
   1. The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
   2. The trunk of an elephant.
2. Informally, a large human nose.

Translations

elongated tube

Catalan: probòscide (ca) f. Czech: sosák (cs) m. Dutch: slurf (nl) Finnish: imukärsä (fi), kärsä (fi) (of elephant) German: Rüssel (de) m.

Italian: proboscide (it) f. Russian: хоботок (ru) (xobotók) m. (1), хобот (ru) (xóbot) m. (2) Spanish: probóscide (es) f. Swedish: snabel (sv) c. Volapük: probod (vo), sugaprobod (vo)

Derived terms

• proboscis monkey.