Question

What is meant by the word Proboscis?

Answer 1

Answer:

1a : 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 (such as the sucking organ of a butterfly) of the oral region of an invertebrate.

Answer 2

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1. a long flexible prehensile trunk or snout, as of an elephant

2. the elongated mouthparts of certain insects, adapted for piercing or sucking food

3. any similar part or organ

4. informal, facetious

a person's nose, esp if large