proboscis

n. தும்பிக்கை, பூச்சி வகைகளின் தூண்டிழை, புழு வகைகளின் உறிஞ்சுகுழல், கேலி வழக்கில் நீண்ட மூக்கு.

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Pro*bos"cis, n.; pl. Proboscides. Etym: [L. fr. Gr. 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk. Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified maxillæ, or by the labium. See Illusts. of Hemiptera and Lepidoptera. 2. (Zoöl.) Defn: By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded. Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a portion of the pharynx that can be everted or protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix. 3. The nose. [Jocose] Proboscis monkey. (Zoöl.) See Kahau.

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