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Definition of Proboscises
1. proboscis [n] - See also: proboscis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proboscises
Literary usage of Proboscises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Student's Text-book of Zoology by Adam Sedgwick, Joseph Jackson Lister, Arthur Everett Shipley (1898)
"Head with two or four suckers, and with four protractile proboscises armed with
... With two suckers and two armed proboscises; genital openings marginal. ..."
2. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"Acanthocephala kept in tap water for a few hours to several days will retain
everted proboscises. With a paper (Kleenex) remove most of the water from under ..."
3. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"The males reach up to 20 feet head-to-tail, weigh as much as three tons, and have
dangling proboscises that inspired their name. ..."
4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1877)
"... authors on the same subject, will be found lists of the insects on whose
proboscises (generally—or at least near that organ) pollinia have been noticed. ..."
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