Proboscis

[prə'bɒsɪs] or [pro'bɑsɪs]

解释:

(noun.) a long flexible snout as of an elephant.

(noun.) the human nose (especially when it is large).

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解释:

(n.) 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.

(n.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.

(n.) The nose.

录入:赖安

同义词及近义词：

n. Snout, trunk.

编辑:厄休拉

解释:

n. the trunk of some animals as the elephant for conveying food to the mouth: anything like a trunk:—pl. Probos′cides.—adjs. Probos′cidāte; Proboscid′ean having a proboscis.—n. a mammal of the Proboscidea.—n. Probos′cis-monk′ey a monkey of Borneo having a long mobile and retractile nose.

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