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† ˈproboscide Her. Obs.
[a. F. proboscide (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. proboscid-em proboscis.]
An elephant's trunk used as a bearing.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xiii. (1611) 125 Idomenes..the son of Deucalion did beare Gules a Proboscide of an Elephant after this manner argent. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 132/2 An Elephant his Nose or Snout, is called, a Proboside, or Trunk. 1722Nisbet Her. I. 339 The Elephant's Probicide, as an armorial Figure, flexed and reflexed in Form of an S. is to be seen in the English Herauld-Books. |