noun
- plural of proboscis; long flexible snouts or trunk-like appendages of certain animals
Usage: technical; zoological
Examples
- The elephants used their proboscides to grasp branches from tall trees.
- Butterflies extend their proboscides to reach nectar deep inside flowers.
- The museum display showed various insects with coiled proboscides.
- Tapirs have shorter proboscides compared to elephants.
- The scientist studied how different species use their proboscides for feeding.
- Moths unfurl their proboscides when they detect the scent of flowers.