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    [Noun]  | "pro*bos*cis" | \ prə-ˈbä-səs \


    1: the trunk of an elephant; also : any long flexible snout

    2: the human nose especially when prominent

    3: any of various elongated or extensible tubular processes (such as the sucking organ of a butterfly) of the oral region of an invertebrate


    Origin: 1601 ;

     Latin, from Greek proboskis, from pro- + boskein to feed;

    [Noun]  | "proboscises" 


    1: the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity;


      * e.g., " ... if there were a direct relation between mendacity and the length of one's proboscis, hers would be a mile long "



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    [Noun]  | "proboscis" 


    1: the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity;


      * e.g., " ... if there were a direct relation between mendacity and the length of one's proboscis, hers would be a mile long "



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