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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proboscis /prəˈbɒsɪs/

▶noun (pl. probosces /-siːz/, proboscides /-sɪdiːz/, or proboscises)

1 the nose of a mammal, especially when long and mobile like the trunk of an elephant.

2 Zoology an elongated sucking organ or mouthpart.

– origin C17: via L. from Gk proboskis ‘means of obtaining food’, from pro ‘before’ + boskein ‘(cause to) feed’.

'proboscis' also found in these Oxford entries:

acorn worm - haustellum - labellum - proboscidean - proboscis monkey - tapir

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