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单词 proboscis
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proboscis/prəʹbosis/ noun (pl proboscises /-seez/ proboscides /-deez/)

a long flexible snout, e.g. the trunk of an elephant

any of various elongated or extendable tubular mouthparts of an invertebrate animal, e.g. an insect, that are used esp for sucking

informal, humorous the human nose

[via Latin from Greek proboskis, from pro-1 + boskein to feed]
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