Proboscis

  • 31proboscis bats — straubliniai maišasparniai šikšnosparniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas gentis apibrėžtis Gentyje 1 rūšis. Paplitimo arealas – nuo P. Meksikos iki Š. Peru ir Centr. Brazilijos, apimant Trinidado salą. atitikmenys: lot.… …

    Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • 32proboscis worm — noun soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract • Syn: ↑ribbon worm, ↑nemertean, ↑nemertine • Hypernyms: ↑worm • Member Holonyms: ↑Nemertea, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 33proboscis — noun (plural boscises; also proboscides) 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… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34proboscis — elongated, flexible extension of the snout, e.g. in some Chondrichthyes …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 35proboscis — n.; pl. proboscises [Gr. proboskis, trunk] 1. Any extended trunk or beaklike sucking mouth parts of numerous invertebrates, as of leeches, planarians, dipteran insects, nemertine worms, acanthacephalans, annelids and mollusks. 2. (ECHIURA)… …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 36proboscis — /proh bos is, kis/, n., pl. proboscises, proboscides / bos i deez /. 1. the trunk of an elephant. 2. any long flexible snout, as of the tapir. 3. Also called beak. the elongate, protruding mouth parts of certain insects, adapted for sucking or… …

    Universalium

  • 37proboscis — noun /proʊˈbɒsɪs/ a) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. b) The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs …

    Wiktionary

  • 38proboscis — 1. A long flexible snout, such as that of a tapir or an elephant. 2. In teratology, a cylindric protuberance of the face that, in cyclopia or ethmocephaly, represents the nose. [G. proboskis, a means of providing food, fr. pro + boskein, to feed] …

    Medical dictionary

  • 39proboscis — (Subclass Branchiura): On underside of cephalothorax, unpaired median projection posterior to preoral sting. Retractile, enclosing mouth and surrounding labrum, mandibles, and paragnaths. Supported distally by series of chitinous bars. Used to… …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 40Proboscis — Probọscis   [griechisch], der Rüssel …

    Universal-Lexikon