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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because they possessed this extraordinary proboscis , science christened them the Proboscidea.
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But more recent, detailed field studies have shown that the proboscis monkey is not an exception after all.
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Each was attached to the leaf by its proboscis .
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For the second year, Shelton's' Cat sported a new composite proboscis from a P-3 Orion turboprop.
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Short's prediction fitted the data beautifully, except for the proboscis monkey.
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The proboscis can be shot out forcibly, stabbing its prey.
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These attract a small moth with a specially curved proboscis that enables it to gather pollen from the yucca stamens.