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Proboscidate :: Proboscidate (a.) Having a proboscis; proboscidial.

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..

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..

Haustellata :: Haustellata (n. pl.) An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis..

Proboscidiform :: Proboscidiform (a.) Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform mouth..

Tanystomata :: Tanystomata (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.

Rhynchobdellea :: Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.

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.

Gnat :: Gnat (n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito..

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an insect.

Promuscis :: Promuscis (n.) The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.

Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.

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..

Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..

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..

Antlia :: Antlia (n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an elephant.

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.

Lithe :: Lithe (a.) Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis..

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