proboscis

Example Sentences

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When a mosquito bites you, it pierces the skin using a mouthpart called a proboscis to suck up blood.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

In a recent study in the journal PNAS, she and her colleagues investigated the sensory information the moths rely on to precisely control their proboscis.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

As often happens with scientific investigations, the inspiration came from something else entirely: a hummingbird hawk-moth using its slender proboscis to feed.

From National Geographic • Aug. 8, 2023

Rob, whose ego is as bruised as his proboscis, childishly lashes out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2023

There were butterfly wings, to go with the proboscis.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor