Толковый словарь английского языка - proboscis
Proboscis
proboscis
noun (plural -boscises; also proboscides) Etymology: Latin, from Greek proboskis, from pro+ boskein to feed Date: 1609 1. the trunk of an elephant, the human nose especially when prominent, any of various elongated or extensible tubular processes (as the sucking organ of a butterfly) of the oral region of an invertebrate
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n. 1 the long flexible trunk or snout of some mammals, e.g. an elephant or tapir. 2 the elongated mouth parts of some insects. 3 the sucking organ in some worms. 4 joc. the human nose. Phrases and idioms proboscis monkey a monkey, Nasalis larvatus, native to Borneo, the male of which has a large pendulous nose. Derivatives proboscidiferous adj. proboscidiform adj. Etymology: L proboscis -cidis f. Gk proboskis f. probosko (as PRO-(2), bosko feed) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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