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Noun Concept
Categories: Animal anatomy
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proboscis  trunk  Probiscis  Probosces
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A long flexible snout as of an elephant WordNet 3.0
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gastropod
Lepidoptera
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A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. Wikipedia
An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. Wiktionary
Elongated tube. Wiktionary (translation)
The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant. Wiktionary
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