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Definition of Proboscides
1. proboscis [n] - See also: proboscis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proboscides
Literary usage of Proboscides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on Entozoa of Marine Fishes of New England: With Descriptions of by Edwin Linton (1890)
"The proboscides are evidently very long, since, although none were seen fully
... The following measurements of proboscides and hooks are from alcoholic ..."
2. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, Charles Darwin (1883)
"On the second day these hairs wither, the flower bends over, the flies creep out
with the pollinia attached to their proboscides, and seek new flowers, ..."
3. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, Charles Darwin (1883)
"... with them are five deep nectariferous pits immediately below the five corpuscula.
Into these pits, insects thrust their proboscides, to suck the nectar. ..."
4. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1902)
"T—Y are from another series) two proboscides are present, one in the end of the
stem and one in the branch. The proximal tentacles appear on the main stem ..."
5. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The four long slender cylindrical proboscides are conspicuous enough to render
the determination of adult or larva easy. The adults are found in the spiral ..."
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