† probossn.
humorous. Obsolete.
An elephant's trunk. Cf. proboscis n. 1.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > elephant > parts of > trunk
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1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 129 Dreaming thus, an Elephant to toss; He was strook Dead, by the flinty Proboss.
1666 N. Foxcroft Let. 11 Sept. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 229 That perfectly resembled the head of an Elephant with a Probosse, Mouth, Eares nothing differing to the said Creature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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