proboscidaladj.

Brit.

/prəˈbɒsᵻdl/, U.S.

/proʊˈbɑsəd(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin proboscid- , proboscis , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin proboscid-, proboscis proboscis n. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier proboscidial adj.

Now rare.

Of the nature or appearance of a proboscis; of or relating to a proboscis. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > having a long nose > relating to proboscis > having a trunk or proboscis > having shape of proboscis

proboscidiform1821

proboscoid1848

probosciformed1851

probosciform1872

nasute1874

proboscidal1876

1876 C. L. Rominger Geol. Surv. Michigan: Lower Penins. 3 69 Cylindrical tubules..project on the surface as single proboscidal siphuncules.

1884 Edinb. Rev. July 170 Their exuberant hair..depends in proboscidal excrescences.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 440 He assumes the avine head, foxy moustache and proboscidal eloquence of Seymour Bushe.

1987 Q. Rev. Biol. 62 244 Polychaetes fluidize a local pocket of sediment by proboscidal probing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	proboscidal
释义	proboscidaladj. Brit. /prəˈbɒsᵻdl/, U.S. /proʊˈbɑsəd(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin proboscid- , proboscis , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin proboscid-, proboscis proboscis n. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier proboscidial adj. Now rare. Of the nature or appearance of a proboscis; of or relating to a proboscis. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > having a long nose > relating to proboscis > having a trunk or proboscis > having shape of proboscis proboscidiform1821 proboscoid1848 probosciformed1851 probosciform1872 nasute1874 proboscidal1876 1876 C. L. Rominger Geol. Surv. Michigan: Lower Penins. 3 69 Cylindrical tubules..project on the surface as single proboscidal siphuncules. 1884 Edinb. Rev. July 170 Their exuberant hair..depends in proboscidal excrescences. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 440 He assumes the avine head, foxy moustache and proboscidal eloquence of Seymour Bushe. 1987 Q. Rev. Biol. 62 244 Polychaetes fluidize a local pocket of sediment by proboscidal probing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1876
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