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Macrorhinus proboscideusSea elephant Sea" el"e*phant (Zo["o]l.)
A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the
Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains
a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the
prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile
elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of
smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of
Lower California, but is now nearly extinct. ProboscidateProboscidate Pro*bos"ci*date, a. [See Proboscis.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having a proboscis; proboscidial. ProboscideaProboscidea Pro`bos*cid"e*a, n. pl. [NL. See Proboscis.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of large mammals including the elephants and
mastodons. Proboscidean
Proboscidean Pro`bos*cid"e*an, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Proboscidian.
ProboscidesProboscis Pro*bos"cis, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ?
before + ? to feed, graze.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or
connected with the mouth, of various animals, and
generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
2. (Zo["o]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
protruded.
Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
3. The nose. [Jocose]
Proboscis monkey. (Zo["o]l.) See Kahau. Proboscidial
Proboscidial Pro`bos*cid"i*al, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Proboscidate.
Proboscidian
Proboscidian Pro`bos*cid"i*an, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining to the Proboscidea. -- n. One of the Proboscidea.
ProboscidiferaProboscidifera Pro*bos`ci*dif"e*ra, n. pl. [NL. See
Proboscis, and -ferous.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate
gastropods, including those that have a long retractile
proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones,
whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda,
and of Winkle.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A subdivision of the t[ae]nioglossate
gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the
helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera. Proboscidiform
Proboscidiform Pro`bos*cid"i*form, a.
Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform
mouth.
ProboscisProboscis Pro*bos"cis, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ?
before + ? to feed, graze.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or
connected with the mouth, of various animals, and
generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
2. (Zo["o]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
protruded.
Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
3. The nose. [Jocose]
Proboscis monkey. (Zo["o]l.) See Kahau. proboscis monkeyKahau Ka*hau", n. [Native name, from its cry.] (Zo["o]l.)
A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of
Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut,
with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head,
golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the
back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also
kaha.] Proboscis monkeyProboscis Pro*bos"cis, n.; pl. Proboscides. [L. fr. Gr. ?; ?
before + ? to feed, graze.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or
connected with the mouth, of various animals, and
generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
Note: The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular
elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is
usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified
maxill[ae], or by the labium. See Illusts. of
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.
2. (Zo["o]l.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth
organs of the lower animals that can be everted or
protruded.
Note: The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a
portion of the pharynx that can be everted or
protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long
internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not
used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a
pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
3. The nose. [Jocose]
Proboscis monkey. (Zo["o]l.) See Kahau.
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