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proboscis

pro.bos.cis \pr*-'ba:s-*s\ \-'ba:s-*-.de-z\ n or proboscises also 
   pro.bos.ci.des [L, fr. Gk proboskis, fr. pro- + boskein to feed; akin to 
   Lit] pl h gauja herd 1a: the trunk of an elephant; also : any long flexible 
   snout  1b: the human nose esp. when prominent  2: any of various elongated 
   or extensible tubular processes of the oral reg ion of an invertebrate