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Definition of proboscis
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of proboscis is as below...
Proboscis
(n.) 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..
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Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
sucking
proboscis
of
certain
parasitic
insects
and
crustaceans.
Retinaculum
::
Retinaculum
(n.) One of the
retractor
muscles
of the
proboscis
of
certain
worms.
Trunk
::
Trunk (n.) The
proboscis
of an
elephant.
Haustellata
::
Haustellata
(n. pl.) An
artificial
division
of
insects,
including
all those with a
sucking
proboscis..
Sea Elephant
::
Sea
elephant
() A very large seal
(Macrorhinus
proboscideus)
of the
Antarctic
seas, much
hunted
for its oil. It
sometimes
attains
a
length
of
thirty
feet, and is
remarkable
for the
prolongation
of the nose of the adult male into an
erectile
elastic
proboscis,
about a foot in
length.
Another
species
of
smaller
size (M.
angustirostris)
occurs
on the coast of Lower
California,
but is now
nearly
extinct..
Hemiptera
::
Hemiptera
(n. pl.) An order of
hexapod
insects
having
a
jointed
proboscis,
including
four sharp
stylets
(mandibles
and
maxillae),
for
piercing.
In many of the
species
(Heteroptera)
the front wings are
partially
coriaceous,
and
different
from the
others..
Proboscidifera
::
Proboscidifera
(n. pl.) An
extensive
division
of
pectinibranchiate
gastropods,
including
those that have a long
retractile
proboscis,
with the mouth at the end, as the
cones,
whelks,
tritons,
and
cowries.
See
Illust.
of
Gastropoda,
and of
Winkle..
Tongue
::
Tongue
(n.) The
proboscis
of a moth or a
butterfly.
Promuscis
::
Promuscis
(n.) The
proboscis
of
hemipterous
insects.
See
Illust.
under
Hemiptera.
Hydranth
::
Hydranth
(n.) One of the
nutritive
zooids
of a
hydroid
colony.
Also
applied
to the
proboscis
or
manubrium
of a
hydroid
medusa.
See
Illust.
of
Hydroidea.
Proboscidiform
::
Proboscidiform
(a.)
Having
the form or uses of a
proboscis;
as, a
proboscidiform
mouth..
Lithe
::
Lithe (a.)
Capable
of being
easily
bent;
pliant;
flexible;
limber;
as, the
elephant's
lithe
proboscis..
Ligula
::
Ligula
(n.) The
central
process,
or front edge, of the
labium
of
insects.
It
sometimes
serves
as a
tongue
or
proboscis,
as in
bees..
Rhachiglossa
::
Rhachiglossa
(n. pl.) A
division
of
marine
gastropods
having
a
retractile
proboscis
and three
longitudinal
rows of teeth on the
radula.
It
includes
many of the large
ornamental
shells,
as the
miters,
murices,
olives,
purpuras,
volutes,
and
whelks.
See
Illust.
in
Append..
Proboscis
::
Proboscis
(n.) The nose.
Mosquito
::
Mosquito
(n.) Any one of
various
species
of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied
genera.
The
females
have a
proboscis
containing,
within
the
sheathlike
labium,
six fine,
sharp,
needlelike
organs
with which they
puncture
the skin of man and
animals
to suck the
blood.
These
bites,
when
numerous,
cause,
in many
persons,
considerable
irritation
and
swelling,
with some pain. The
larvae
and
pupae,
called
wigglers,
are
aquatic..
Manubrium
::
Manubrium
(n.) The
proboscis
of a
jellyfish;
--
called
also
hypostoma.
See
Illust.
of
Hydromedusa.
Hawk Moth
::
Hawk moth () Any moth of the
family
Sphingidae,
of which there are
numerous
genera
and
species.
They are
large,
handsome
moths,
which fly
mostly
at
twilight
and hover about
flowers
like a
humming
bird,
sucking
the honey by means of a long,
slender
proboscis.
The
larvae
are
large,
hairless
caterpillars
ornamented
with green and other
bright
colors,
and often with a
caudal
spine.
See
Sphinx,
also
Tobacco
worm, and
Tomato
worm..
Trunk
::
Trunk (n.) The
proboscis
of an
insect.
Antlia
::
Antlia
(n.) The
spiral
tubular
proboscis
of
lepidopterous
insects.
See
Lepidoptera.
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