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Definition of Proboscis
Proboscis

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.

By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.

The nose.

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Proboscis Translations

proboscis in Dutch is olifantssnuit, slurf, snuit, tromp


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