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Proboscis
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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.
2. By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.
3. The nose. [Jocose] Proboscis monkey. (Zoöl.) See Kahau.