proboscis

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

trunk

snout

sucker

stigma

nose

👃

schnozzle

mouthpart

air horn

elephant trunk

lips

👄

mouth

muzzle

Translations

slurf

trompe

🎺

Rüssel

proboscide

snuit

tromp

olifantssnuit

probóscide

probóscide

trompa

tromba

focinho

probòscide

rosto

προβοσκίδα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/

Etymology

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”).