proboscis
Example Sentences
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Environmentalists have warned that as the capital expands, it may spill over into the habitats of endangered species such as proboscis monkeys, orangutans and gibbons.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024
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
One even had a butterfly proboscis, curled up like a fiddlehead.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
