1) Animal anatomy 2) Beak 3) Congenital disorder 4) Nose 5) Notable nose 6) Olfactory organ 7) The trunk of an elephant 8) Trunk
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1) Nose 2) Snoot 3) Snout
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Long, slender sucking tube used for feeding
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tubular feeding and sucking organ
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nose
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• (n.) The nose. • (n.) 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. • (n.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.
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The tubular sucking mouthparts of insects.
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(from the article `circulation`) Among the phylum Hemichordata are the enteropneusts (acornworms), which are worm-shaped inhabitants of shallow seas and have a short, conical ... ...have a spongy proboscis equipped with small teeth for rasping skin around wounds and sores to increase the flow of blood and lymph. Other groups ... ...i...
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Name given to various kinds of sucking mouths in which some of the mouth-parts are drawn out to form tubes.
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1. <zoology> 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. ... The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified maxillae, or by the...
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the mouthparts of the bee that form the sucking tube or tongue.
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the mouthparts of the bee that form the sucking tube or tongue.
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Pro·bos'cis noun ;
plural Proboscides . [ Latin from Greek ...; ... before + ... to feed, graze.]
1. (Zoology) 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. »...
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Name given to various kinds of sucking mouths in which some of the mouth-parts are drawn out to form tubes.
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nose
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Elongated organ, usually associated with the mouth. The proboscis is an important feeding appendage in echiurans.
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Elongated organ, usually associated with the mouth. The proboscis is an important feeding appendage in echiurans.
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proboscis 1. Any tubular extension of the head or mouth parts; especially, one used for feeding. An elephant's trunk, perhaps the best known example, is a long muscular elongation of the upper lip and nose. It is used for transferring food to the mouth, and for sucking up water, which is then squirted into the mouth. The end of the trunk has a pa...
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a straw-like tube that some insects use to drink liquids
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an elongated feeding tube attached to the head of an animal.
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The feeding tube of a butterfly.
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noun a long flexible snout as of an elephant
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an insect's tubelike mouthpart which is used for piercing and sucking
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The tube at the head of the butterfly through which it draws nectar and other nutrients.
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the trunk of an elephant. · any long flexible snout, as of the tapir. · Also calledthe elongate, protruding mouth parts of certain insects, adapted for sucking or piercing. · any of various elongate feeding, defensive, or sensory organs of the oral region, as in certain leeches and worms. · the human nose, esp. when unusually...
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