Crossword clues for proboscis
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ? before + ? to feed, graze.]
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(Zo["o]l.) 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.
Note: 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 maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
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(Zo["o]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.
Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a portion of the pharynx that can be everted or protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
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The nose. [Jocose]
Proboscis monkey. (Zo["o]l.) See Kahau.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context anatomy English) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. 2 # The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs. 3 # The trunk of an elephant. 4 (context informal mildly jocular English) A large or lengthy human nose.
WordNet
n. the human nose (especially when it is large)
a long flexible snout as of an elephant [syn: trunk]
[also: proboscides (pl)]
Wikipedia
A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, the term is used to describe an elongated nose or snout.
Proboscis is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The species in the genus Proboscis occur in South America.
Category:Satyrini Category:Lepidoptera genera Category:Taxa named by Theodor Otto Thieme
In teratology, proboscis is a blind-ended, tubelike structure, commonly located in the midface.
Proboscis formation are classified in four general types: holoprosencephalic proboscis, lateral nasal proboscis, supernumerary proboscis, and disruptive proboscis.
- Holoprosencephalic proboscis is found in holoprosencephaly. In cyclopia or ethmocephaly, proboscis is an abnormally formed nose. In cyclopia, a single median eye is associated with arrhinia (absence of the nose) and usually with proboscis formation above the eye. In ethmocephaly, two separate hypoteloric eyes are associated with arrhinia and supraocular proboscis formation. In cebocephaly, no proboscis formation occurs, but a single-nostril nose is present.
- Lateral nasal proboscis (proboscis lateralis) is a tubular proboscis-like structure and represents incomplete formation of one side of the nose; it is found instead of a nostril. The olfactory bulb is usually rudimentary on the involved side. The lacrimal duct (tear duct), nasal bone, nasal cavity, vomer, maxillary sinus, cribriform plate, and ethmoid cells are often missing on the involved side. Ocular hypertelorism may be present. The proboscis lateralis is a rare nasal anomaly.
- Supernumerary proboscis (Accessory proboscis) is found when both nostrils are formed and a proboscis occurs additionally. Accessory proboscis arise from a supernumerary olfactory placode.
- Disruptive proboscis occur if an early embryonic hamartoneoplastic lesion arises in the primitive prosencephalon.
Usage examples of "proboscis".
They are met at the sides by the lateral longitudinal muscles, which blend, and their fibres run the whole length of the proboscis down to the extremity.
Kullervo ate well now and the elk thrust his palmate antlers up among the new branches to siphon off the tender shoots with that curious proboscis of upper lip, snuffling content.
You must pluck them delicately, between thumb and forefinger, and persuade them gently to remove their proboscides from your quivering flesh.
It was, as a matter of fact, the drippings from these proboscides which Doc Savage had found.
Before an audience of intellectuals, Swammerdam cut away the skin of the silkworm to reveal what appeared to be a tiny model of the future moth inside, from proboscis to antennae to folded wings.
Wider sapphire proboscises had penetrated tanks, siphoning out the liquids to contribute to the semiorganic growths sprouting on opposite sides of the cargo section.
I had estimated that original monster as perhaps ten klicks long -- these zeplinlike work beasts must have been several hundred klicks long, perhaps longer when one factored in the countless tentacles, tendrils, flagella, whips, tails, probes, and proboscises the things sported.
Later, they heard a rushing sound, a thump and the thud of feet over their heads, but not until they rounded another down-tilting curve and saw the faint light filtering into the cavern through iron bars did they spot the batlike creatures with the spear-shaped proboscises hanging overhead.
An insectoid vaguely like a flea scooted along the rim and stopped to insert its proboscis into the brimming liquid.
The touch of their hot abdomens stung more than the stab of their proboscises, but such was the price of service.
The red-haired woman aligned herself with Ylenic, while the Anzati, with his proboscises just beginning to peek from the cheek pouches that hid them, lined up to oppose me.
This expedition identified 47 species of mammals, including the very rare Asian two-horned rhino, proboscis monkeys, and clouded leopards.
The invisible tonnage of drill pipe was quietly rusting deep in the rocky flesh of the earth, invisible to any human eye, but nonetheless there for the geological ages, a snapped-off rotting proboscis from a swatted greenhouse-effect mosquito.
He jumped back, slapping his aching proboscis, hissing expletives in Spanish.
The absence of visible arms, claws, tentacles, extrudable proboscises, or other gripping appendages was encouraging, but despite this he doubted he could fight off all nine of them should they choose to attack as a pack.