proboscidiformadj.
/ˌprɒbəˈsɪdᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˌproʊbəˈsɪdəˌfɔrm/ Chiefly Zoology.
Having the form or shape of a proboscis; resembling a proboscis.
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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
1821 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ ii. v. 308 The anus of a Cirripede is placed at the back of the proboscidiform tube.
1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 452/1 Melanopsis. Animal furnished with a proboscidiform muzzle.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iv. 178 With a second hollow muscular proboscidiform organ, which may be termed the frontal proboscis.
1890 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 21 July My nose is bent like a shepherd's crook, And has a proboscidiform look.
1956 J. A. Pope Chinese Porcelains from Ardebil Shrine ii. 110 The curious style of the dragons..calls for special comment... The proboscidiform snout extends upwards.
1959 Ecology 40 398/2 Gissler's figure showed the proboscidiform appendage to be a bipartite structure arising from a single basal portion.
1983 Jrnl. Parasitol. 69 750 [The cestode worm] Taeniarhynchaena..differs from other genera in its long, cylindrical, proboscidiform rostellum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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