proboscisn.

Brit.

/prəˈbɒsɪs/, U.S.

/proʊˈbɑsəs/,

/proʊˈbɑskəs/

Inflections: Plural proboscides, proboscises; (irregular) probosces Brit.

/prəˈbɒsiːz/, U.S.

/proʊˈbɑˌsiz/,

/proʊˈbɑˌskiz/.

Forms: 1600s probossis, 1600s– proboscis, 1700s proboses.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin proboscid-, proboscis.

Etymology: < classical Latin proboscid-, proboscis snout of an animal, elephant's trunk (Pliny) < ancient Greek προβοσκιδ- , προβοσκίς elephant's trunk, fly's proboscis, (plural) tentacles of the decapod cephalopoda, lit. ‘means of providing food’ < προ- pro- prefix² + βόσκειν to feed (probably < the same Indo-European base as Lithuanian guotas , gauja group, herd) + -ίς -id suffix². Compare Middle French, French proboscide (1544), Spanish proboscide (1589), Italian proboscide (a1525). Compare slightly earlier promuscis n.

1. An elephant's trunk; the elongated mobile snout of some other mammals, such as tapirs and elephant seals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (parts of) nose

promuscis1600

muffle1601

proboscis1607

proboss1659

rhinarium1838

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > elephant > parts of > trunk

snoutc1220

nosea1398

hand1572

trunk1589

promuscis1600

proboscis1607

trump1648

proboss1659

1577 R. Eden tr. Vertomannus Nauigation & Voy. iv. ix, in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde (rev. ed.) f. 385 The trunke or snoute of the Elephant (which of the Latines is called Promuscis or Proboscis).]

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 195 His truncke called Proboscis and Promuscis, is a large hollow thing hanging from his nose.

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 20 Like an unbent bow, carelesly His sinewy Proboscis did remisly lie.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 347 Th'unwieldy Elephant To make them mirth us'd all his might, & wreathd His Lithe Proboscis .

1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 328 At last he lifted up his Proboses, and made a horrid noise.

1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding v. iv. 61 Shall the lofty elephant wield his proboscis against a mite?

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xvi. 293 The short, unbending neck of the elephant, is compensated by the length and flexibility of his proboscis.

1872 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. (1873) xi. 435 The upper lip may unite with the nose to form an elongated proboscis, as in the Elephant.

1923 Harper's Mag. May 769/1 With proboscides inordinately sharpened for the purpose, the hogs probed for succulent roots in a rank undergrowth.

1989 National Geographic Mar. 364/1 (caption) Named for their size and the trunk-like proboscis of the adult male, elephant seals are the largest of the world's pinnipeds.

2. humorous. A person's nose. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun]

noseeOE

naseeOE

nebeOE

billa1000

nesec1175

grunyie?a1513

gnomon1582

nib1585

proboscis1631

handle to (also of, on) one's face1675

snot-gall1685

nozzle1689

bowsprit1690

smeller1699

snitch1699

trunk1699

vessel1813

index1817

conk1819

sneezer1820

scent box1826

snorter1829

snuff-box1829

bugle1847

beak1854

nasal1854

sniffer1858

boko1859

snoot1861

snorer1891

horn1893

spectacles-seat1895

razzo1899

beezer1915

schnozzle1926

schnozzola1929

schnozz1930

snozzle1930

honker1942

hooter1958

1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. vi. 37 No flattery for't: No lick-foote, paine of loosing your proboscis.

1679 T. Kirke Mod. Acct. Scotl. 2 So Scotland, whose Proboscis joyns too close to England, has sukt away the nutriment from Northumberland.

1705 Dyet of Poland 1 The World's Proboscis near the Globe's Extreme.

1778 G. Huddesford Warley 14 My lady, indeed, wears a decent Proboscis, Yet some folks there are cannot smell with their Noses.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. i. 26 A fair enough proboscis as noses go.

1859 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy (ed. 4) 17 The highflyer turns up his genteel proboscis at the common cadger.

1871 J. W. De Forest Overland xiii. 72 ‘An' my nose’, suggested Glover, turning up his lacerated proboscis.

1925 G. J. Nathan in Amer. Mercury Aug. 474/1 Nose-straighteners that are put on at bedtime and convert a proboscis that resembles half a doughnut into a retroussé snout by Saturday night.

1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks v. 94 It was a hugely inflamed proboscis that marred his otherwise handsome features.

1993 Heartbalm (Melbourne) 13 Nov. 19/1 Cyrano, the hero of this 17th Century French classic spoof, has a naughty nose, a penile proboscis.

a. Entomology. Any of various elongated, tubular, and usually flexible mouthparts of insects, used for sucking liquids and sometimes for piercing, as in bees, flies, mosquitoes, bugs, and butterflies and moths (in which it is coiled when not in use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > proboscis

nib1585

beak1658

promuscis1658

proboscisa1660

trunk1661

probe1664

trump1752

antlia1826

siphuncle1826

spiritrompe1831

a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 305 Three jettos of Water gushing out of the mouthes or proboscis of Bees (the Armes of the Late Pope).

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B8 Some have a proboscis like flies.

1737 H. Baker tr. Virgil Medulla Poetarum Romanorum I. 116 Then trembling they unite, and shake their Wings, And with their sharp Proboscis whet their Darts.

1792 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 173 The male of the humble bee, which collects its own food, has as long a proboscis, or tongue, as the female.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §615 Amongst..the Bugs..the mouth is armed with a tubular and cylindrical proboscis, directed downwards and backwards.

1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. vii. 291 Their habit is to attach themselves to the skin by plunging their proboscides into it.

1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects i. 26 The long proboscis of the butterfly and moth is formed in exactly the same way, by the lengthening out of the maxillæ.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways vii. xi. 282 The dark timber still sounded with their whine, their proboscises were still alarmingly large and powerful.

b. Zoology. Any of various extensible structures at the anterior end of the body in certain other invertebrates; esp. (a) an eversible or protrusible organ in various worms and wormlike animals, as polychaetes and nemerteans (in which it is used for feeding), and priapulids and hemichordates (in which it is the introversible anterior part of the body); (b) a tubular, elongated, retractable or introversible snout in predatory gastropods, used for catching prey.In quot. 1698: the siphon of a mollusc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > bodies or parts > [noun] > equivalent of the mouth > proboscis or tongue

proboscis1698

tongue1753

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 168 I have examined the Clam, he hath a Plain Pipe or Proboscis, from whence he ejects water, if compressed.

1796 A. Bell in R. Southey Life A. Bell (1844) II. 27 These spawns..dart about in all directions... Some of the largest have proboscises.

1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 381 Entozoa..the head furnished with fossulæ, suckers, and one or more naked or armed proboscides.

1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 119 The aperture of the anus..is usually placed excentrically in one of the spaces between the arms, and..generally..carried at the end of a longer or shorter tubular eminence or process..called the ‘proboscis’.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. ii. 26 In some of the bristle-footed marine worms [the head]..bears feelers of various kinds and eyes, besides, it may be, hard jaw-like structures in the mouth and a protrusible proboscis.

1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs v. 92 In some families [of prosobranchs] the extruded proboscis may reach four or five times the length of the rest of the animal.

1987 R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 5) ix. 254/1 The cylindrical body of priapulids..is divided into an anterior proboscis region, or introvert, and a posterior trunk region, or abdomen.

1995 E. W. Knight-Jones et al. in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe vi. 165/2 The anterior part of the gut [in bristle worms] can often be everted through the mouth as a proboscis.

4. = proboscis monkey n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > subfamily Colobinae > genus Nasalis (proboscis-monkey)

proboscis monkey1793

kahau1840

proboscisa1849

nose monkey1883

a1849 B. Barton Nat. Hist. Holy Land (1856) 155 Proboscis! Horned Monkey too! I've look'd quite long enough at you.

1882 H. de Windt On Equator 105 Excitement as to whether the ‘moniet’ was but a common proboscis or wa-wa.

1987 D. Gersi Explorer vi. 125 We spotted groups of big beige monkeys... As skillful in water..as he is in jumping from tree to tree, he is named proboscis for his long pink nose.

Compounds

proboscis-fish n. rare an elephant-snout fish (genus Mormyrus).

ΚΠ

1904 Nature 9 June 130/2 The proboscis-fish (Mormyrus kannume) is chiefly nocturnal, and employs its long snout in probing about among stones for animal food.

proboscis monkey n. a large leaf monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of the mangrove forests of Borneo, the male of which is twice the weight of the female and has a long, pendulous nose.

ΘΚΠ

proboscis monkey1793

kahau1840

proboscisa1849

nose monkey1883

1793 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds (ed. 3) II. 322 Proboscis Monkey..the nose projecting very far beyond the mouth..in the profile it exactly resembles a long proboscis.

1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxxiii. 395 The proboscis monkey..is found only in Borneo.

1934 Lima (Ohio) News 3 May 5/3 The age of a proboscis monkey can be told by the length of its nose.

† proboscis-rat n. Obsolete rare an elephant shrew (order Macroscelidea).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Proboscis-rat, same as elephant-shrew.

proboscis worm n. any of various wormlike invertebrates having a proboscis; esp. a nemertean.

ΚΠ

1962 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 7 77/1 The spawning period of the proboscis worm [sc. the polychaete Glycera dibranchiata] occurs over a period of more than 4 weeks.

1969 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 255 507 Hemichordata. Two proboscis worms, a Balanoglossus 6 in. or more long.., and a scarcer much larger yellow Balanoglossus.

1995 Parazitologiya St. Petersburg 29 398 General peculiarities in the structure of embryonal shells of proboscis worms of the class Palaeacanthocephala are discussed.

Derivatives

proˈboscised adj. rare having a proboscis (of a specified kind).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > relating to or forming trophi > of or relating to proboscis > having a proboscis

proboscidate1826

promuscidate1826

proboscised1883

1883 D. W. Thompson tr. H. Müller Fertilisation of Flowers 579 Long-proboscised [Ger. langrüssligern] varieties of..insects.

1977 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 20 Feb. 15/5 The Hittites..were infuriated by the taunts of their pug-proboscised neighbors.

2004 Mojo June 14/5 A special, generously-proboscis'd guest is also rumoured to be playing.

proˈboscis-like adj.

ΚΠ

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 595 Kirby, has the mandibles dentate, and the maxillæ and labium very long and proboscis-like.

1975 G. Vevers tr. K. Paysan Aquarium Fishes 109 A secretive, hardy, nocturnal fish.., which uses its proboscis-like mouth to probe the bottom for worms.

1993 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 339 123/1 The posterior part of the feeding apparatus is a proboscis-like mouth tube.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	proboscis
释义	proboscisn. Brit. /prəˈbɒsɪs/, U.S. /proʊˈbɑsəs/, /proʊˈbɑskəs/ Inflections: Plural proboscides, proboscises; (irregular) probosces Brit. /prəˈbɒsiːz/, U.S. /proʊˈbɑˌsiz/, /proʊˈbɑˌskiz/. Forms: 1600s probossis, 1600s– proboscis, 1700s proboses. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin proboscid-, proboscis. Etymology: < classical Latin proboscid-, proboscis snout of an animal, elephant's trunk (Pliny) < ancient Greek προβοσκιδ- , προβοσκίς elephant's trunk, fly's proboscis, (plural) tentacles of the decapod cephalopoda, lit. ‘means of providing food’ < προ- pro- prefix² + βόσκειν to feed (probably < the same Indo-European base as Lithuanian guotas , gauja group, herd) + -ίς -id suffix². Compare Middle French, French proboscide (1544), Spanish proboscide (1589), Italian proboscide (a1525). Compare slightly earlier promuscis n. 1. An elephant's trunk; the elongated mobile snout of some other mammals, such as tapirs and elephant seals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (parts of) nose promuscis1600 muffle1601 proboscis1607 proboss1659 rhinarium1838 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > elephant > parts of > trunk snoutc1220 nosea1398 hand1572 trunk1589 promuscis1600 proboscis1607 trump1648 proboss1659 1577 R. Eden tr. Vertomannus Nauigation & Voy. iv. ix, in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde (rev. ed.) f. 385 The trunke or snoute of the Elephant (which of the Latines is called Promuscis or Proboscis).] 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 195 His truncke called Proboscis and Promuscis, is a large hollow thing hanging from his nose. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 20 Like an unbent bow, carelesly His sinewy Proboscis did remisly lie. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 347 Th'unwieldy Elephant To make them mirth us'd all his might, & wreathd His Lithe Proboscis . View more context for this quotation 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 328 At last he lifted up his Proboses, and made a horrid noise. 1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding v. iv. 61 Shall the lofty elephant wield his proboscis against a mite? 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xvi. 293 The short, unbending neck of the elephant, is compensated by the length and flexibility of his proboscis. 1872 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. (1873) xi. 435 The upper lip may unite with the nose to form an elongated proboscis, as in the Elephant. 1923 Harper's Mag. May 769/1 With proboscides inordinately sharpened for the purpose, the hogs probed for succulent roots in a rank undergrowth. 1989 National Geographic Mar. 364/1 (caption) Named for their size and the trunk-like proboscis of the adult male, elephant seals are the largest of the world's pinnipeds. 2. humorous. A person's nose. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. vi. 37 No flattery for't: No lick-foote, paine of loosing your proboscis. 1679 T. Kirke Mod. Acct. Scotl. 2 So Scotland, whose Proboscis joyns too close to England, has sukt away the nutriment from Northumberland. 1705 Dyet of Poland 1 The World's Proboscis near the Globe's Extreme. 1778 G. Huddesford Warley 14 My lady, indeed, wears a decent Proboscis, Yet some folks there are cannot smell with their Noses. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. i. 26 A fair enough proboscis as noses go. 1859 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy (ed. 4) 17 The highflyer turns up his genteel proboscis at the common cadger. 1871 J. W. De Forest Overland xiii. 72 ‘An' my nose’, suggested Glover, turning up his lacerated proboscis. 1925 G. J. Nathan in Amer. Mercury Aug. 474/1 Nose-straighteners that are put on at bedtime and convert a proboscis that resembles half a doughnut into a retroussé snout by Saturday night. 1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks v. 94 It was a hugely inflamed proboscis that marred his otherwise handsome features. 1993 Heartbalm (Melbourne) 13 Nov. 19/1 Cyrano, the hero of this 17th Century French classic spoof, has a naughty nose, a penile proboscis. 3. a. Entomology. Any of various elongated, tubular, and usually flexible mouthparts of insects, used for sucking liquids and sometimes for piercing, as in bees, flies, mosquitoes, bugs, and butterflies and moths (in which it is coiled when not in use). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > mouth-parts or trophi > proboscis nib1585 beak1658 promuscis1658 proboscisa1660 trunk1661 probe1664 trump1752 antlia1826 siphuncle1826 spiritrompe1831 a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 305 Three jettos of Water gushing out of the mouthes or proboscis of Bees (the Armes of the Late Pope). 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B8 Some have a proboscis like flies. 1737 H. Baker tr. Virgil Medulla Poetarum Romanorum I. 116 Then trembling they unite, and shake their Wings, And with their sharp Proboscis whet their Darts. 1792 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 173 The male of the humble bee, which collects its own food, has as long a proboscis, or tongue, as the female. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §615 Amongst..the Bugs..the mouth is armed with a tubular and cylindrical proboscis, directed downwards and backwards. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. vii. 291 Their habit is to attach themselves to the skin by plunging their proboscides into it. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects i. 26 The long proboscis of the butterfly and moth is formed in exactly the same way, by the lengthening out of the maxillæ. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways vii. xi. 282 The dark timber still sounded with their whine, their proboscises were still alarmingly large and powerful. b. Zoology. Any of various extensible structures at the anterior end of the body in certain other invertebrates; esp. (a) an eversible or protrusible organ in various worms and wormlike animals, as polychaetes and nemerteans (in which it is used for feeding), and priapulids and hemichordates (in which it is the introversible anterior part of the body); (b) a tubular, elongated, retractable or introversible snout in predatory gastropods, used for catching prey.In quot. 1698: the siphon of a mollusc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > bodies or parts > [noun] > equivalent of the mouth > proboscis or tongue proboscis1698 tongue1753 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 168 I have examined the Clam, he hath a Plain Pipe or Proboscis, from whence he ejects water, if compressed. 1796 A. Bell in R. Southey Life A. Bell (1844) II. 27 These spawns..dart about in all directions... Some of the largest have proboscises. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 381 Entozoa..the head furnished with fossulæ, suckers, and one or more naked or armed proboscides. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 119 The aperture of the anus..is usually placed excentrically in one of the spaces between the arms, and..generally..carried at the end of a longer or shorter tubular eminence or process..called the ‘proboscis’. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. ii. 26 In some of the bristle-footed marine worms [the head]..bears feelers of various kinds and eyes, besides, it may be, hard jaw-like structures in the mouth and a protrusible proboscis. 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs v. 92 In some families [of prosobranchs] the extruded proboscis may reach four or five times the length of the rest of the animal. 1987 R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 5) ix. 254/1 The cylindrical body of priapulids..is divided into an anterior proboscis region, or introvert, and a posterior trunk region, or abdomen. 1995 E. W. Knight-Jones et al. in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe vi. 165/2 The anterior part of the gut [in bristle worms] can often be everted through the mouth as a proboscis. 4. = proboscis monkey n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > subfamily Colobinae > genus Nasalis (proboscis-monkey) proboscis monkey1793 kahau1840 proboscisa1849 nose monkey1883 a1849 B. Barton Nat. Hist. Holy Land (1856) 155 Proboscis! Horned Monkey too! I've look'd quite long enough at you. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 105 Excitement as to whether the ‘moniet’ was but a common proboscis or wa-wa. 1987 D. Gersi Explorer vi. 125 We spotted groups of big beige monkeys... As skillful in water..as he is in jumping from tree to tree, he is named proboscis for his long pink nose. Compounds proboscis-fish n. rare an elephant-snout fish (genus Mormyrus). ΚΠ 1904 Nature 9 June 130/2 The proboscis-fish (Mormyrus kannume) is chiefly nocturnal, and employs its long snout in probing about among stones for animal food. proboscis monkey n. a large leaf monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of the mangrove forests of Borneo, the male of which is twice the weight of the female and has a long, pendulous nose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > subfamily Colobinae > genus Nasalis (proboscis-monkey) proboscis monkey1793 kahau1840 proboscisa1849 nose monkey1883 1793 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds (ed. 3) II. 322 Proboscis Monkey..the nose projecting very far beyond the mouth..in the profile it exactly resembles a long proboscis. 1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxxiii. 395 The proboscis monkey..is found only in Borneo. 1934 Lima (Ohio) News 3 May 5/3 The age of a proboscis monkey can be told by the length of its nose. † proboscis-rat n. Obsolete rare an elephant shrew (order Macroscelidea).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Proboscis-rat, same as elephant-shrew. proboscis worm n. any of various wormlike invertebrates having a proboscis; esp. a nemertean. ΚΠ 1962 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 7 77/1 The spawning period of the proboscis worm [sc. the polychaete Glycera dibranchiata] occurs over a period of more than 4 weeks. 1969 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 255 507 Hemichordata. Two proboscis worms, a Balanoglossus 6 in. or more long.., and a scarcer much larger yellow Balanoglossus. 1995 Parazitologiya St. Petersburg 29 398 General peculiarities in the structure of embryonal shells of proboscis worms of the class Palaeacanthocephala are discussed. Derivatives proˈboscised adj. rare having a proboscis (of a specified kind). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > relating to or forming trophi > of or relating to proboscis > having a proboscis proboscidate1826 promuscidate1826 proboscised1883 1883 D. W. Thompson tr. H. Müller Fertilisation of Flowers 579 Long-proboscised [Ger. langrüssligern] varieties of..insects. 1977 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 20 Feb. 15/5 The Hittites..were infuriated by the taunts of their pug-proboscised neighbors. 2004 Mojo June 14/5 A special, generously-proboscis'd guest is also rumoured to be playing. proˈboscis-like adj. ΚΠ 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 595 Kirby, has the mandibles dentate, and the maxillæ and labium very long and proboscis-like. 1975 G. Vevers tr. K. Paysan Aquarium Fishes 109 A secretive, hardy, nocturnal fish.., which uses its proboscis-like mouth to probe the bottom for worms. 1993 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 339 123/1 The posterior part of the feeding apparatus is a proboscis-like mouth tube. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1607
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