n.
Pronunciation: pr ə - ' bä-s ə s, - ' bäs-k ə s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -bos · cis · es also -bos · ci · des \ - ' bä-s ə - ˌ d ē z \
Etymology: Latin, from Greek proboskis, from pro- + boskein to feed
Date: 1609
1 a : the trunk of an elephant also : any long flexible snout b : the human nose especially when prominent
2 : any of various elongated or extensible tubular processes (as the sucking organ of a butterfly) of the oral region of an invertebrate
P proboscis 2