proboscis

Significat (Anglès)

1. An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
2. An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
3. An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
4. (humorous, informal, mildly) A large or lengthy human nose.

Conceptes

probòscide

Sinònims

trunk

snout

sucker

stigma

nose

👃

schnozzle

mouthpart

air horn

elephant trunk

lips

👄

mouth

muzzle

Traduccions

slurf

trompe

🎺

Rüssel

proboscide

tromp

snuit

olifantssnuit

trompa

probóscide

probóscide

tromba

focinho

προβοσκίδα

rosto

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”).