Proboscis



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 象) 长鼻; ( 昆虫等) 吸管
• ［英］ n. ( 象) 长鼻 ( the trunk of an elephant) ; ( 昆虫等) 吸管 ( elongated or extensible snout of an invertebrate)
• ［记］ prob ( 探索) +oscis -> 探索之鼻, 象鼻

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -boscises; also proboscides)

• Etymology: Latin, from Greek proboskis, from pro- + boskein to feed
• Date: 1609
• 1.
  • a. the trunk of an elephant; also any long flexible snout
  • b. the human nose especially when prominent
• 2. any of various elongated or extensible tubular processes (as the sucking organ of a butterfly) of the oral region of an invertebrate

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