proboscis
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/pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/
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/pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/ · /pɹoʊˈbɑs(k)ɪs/ · /pɹoʊˈbɒs(k)ɪs/ · /pɹəʉˈbɔs(k)ɪs/ · /pɹɐʉˈbɒs(k)əs/ · [pɹɐʉˈbɔ̟s(k)əs]
Definition of proboscis
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
“Don Caldwell, editor-in-chief of the site Know Your Meme, namechecks Brr Brr Patapim, “a proboscis monkey that is also a tree”, as one who made it to YouTube.”
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noun
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An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
“Don Caldwell, editor-in-chief of the site Know Your Meme, namechecks Brr Brr Patapim, “a proboscis monkey that is also a tree”, as one who made it to YouTube.”
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An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
“Unlike the proboscides of Lower brachyceran lineages, which are continuous with the head capsule and tend to dangle (Matsuda 1965), the proboscides of most cyclorrhaphan species are suspended by a membranous region and divided into three functional parts: the basiproboscis (rostrum), medioproboscis (haustellum), and distiproboscis (labellum), each of which is defined by internal muscles but also shares muscles with the other regions (Graham-Smith 1930; Lall and Davies 1971).”
- An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
- (humorous, informal, mildly)A large or lengthy human nose.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”).
Words you can make from proboscis
141 playable · top: SCROOPS (11 pts)
Best play scroops 11 points6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
28 words- BORIC 9 pts
- COOPS 9 pts
- CORPS 9 pts
- CRIBS 9 pts
- CRIPS 9 pts
- CRISP 9 pts
- CROPS 9 pts
- PISCO 9 pts
- PROBS 9 pts
- SCOOP 9 pts
- SCOPS 9 pts
- SCRIP 9 pts
- SCROB 9 pts
- BIROS 7 pts
- BOORS 7 pts
- BRIOS 7 pts
- BRISS 7 pts
- BROOS 7 pts
- COIRS 7 pts
- CROSS 7 pts
- PISOS 7 pts
- POORI 7 pts
- PRISS 7 pts
- PROSO 7 pts
- PROSS 7 pts
- SOPOR 7 pts
- SORBS 7 pts
- SPOOR 7 pts
4-letter words
51 words- BOPS 8 pts
- COBS 8 pts
- COOP 8 pts
- COPI 8 pts
- COPS 8 pts
- CRIB 8 pts
- CRIP 8 pts
- CROP 8 pts
- PICS 8 pts
- POCO 8 pts
- PROB 8 pts
- SCOP 8 pts
- BIOS 6 pts
- BIRO 6 pts
- BOOR 6 pts
- BOOS 6 pts
- BOSS 6 pts
- BRIO 6 pts
- BRIS 6 pts
- BROO 6 pts
- BROS 6 pts
- COIR 6 pts
- COOS 6 pts
- CORS 6 pts
- COSS 6 pts
- CRIS 6 pts
- OBIS 6 pts
- OOPS 6 pts
- ORBS 6 pts
- ORCS 6 pts
- PISO 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- POIS 6 pts
- POOR 6 pts
- POOS 6 pts
- PROS 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- RIBS 6 pts
- RIPS 6 pts
- ROBS 6 pts
- ROCS 6 pts
- SIBS 6 pts
- SICS 6 pts
- SIPS 6 pts
- SOBS 6 pts
- SOPS 6 pts
- SORB 6 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
- SIRS 4 pts
- SORI 4 pts
- SRIS 4 pts
3-letter words
39 words- BOP 7 pts
- COB 7 pts
- COP 7 pts
- PIC 7 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BIS 5 pts
- BOO 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- BRO 5 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- COO 5 pts
- COR 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- ORB 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POO 5 pts
- POS 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- RIB 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- ROB 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- SIB 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- SOP 5 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIS 3 pts
- SOS 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
2-letter words
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