Proboscis Synonyms

prō-bŏsĭs, -kĭs
The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. beak
  2. nose
  3. snoot
  4. trunk
  5. snout
  6. haustellum (sucking proboscis)
  7. nozzle
  8. schnoz
  9. organ
  10. schnozzle

Words Related to Proboscis

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Proboscis Sentence Examples

  • A proboscis absent, but jaws usually present.

  • The proboscis bears at its extremity a circlet of smaller oral tentacles.

  • To reach the honey in the spur of the flower, the insect must thrust its proboscis into the flower close under the globular head of the stigma.

  • The stomach may be drawn out into the manubrium, forming a proboscis (" Magenstiel ") of considerable length.

  • Shell turriculated and siphonated, thick, each whorl with varices; foot broad and truncated anteriorly; pallial siphon well developed; proboscis present.

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