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Noun: proboscis (probosces,proboscides,proboscises)  pru'bó-sis
  1. The human nose (especially when it is large)
     
  2. A long flexible snout as of an elephant
    - trunk

Derived forms: proboscises, probosces, proboscides

Type of: beak [informal], conk [Brit, informal], honker [informal], hooter [informal], neb, nose, nozzle [informal], olfactory organ, schnoz [informal], schnozzle [informal], snoot [informal], snout

Part of: elephant, mammoth

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