"Promuscis" is a word in ENGLISH

A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They …

A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, …

One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the …

A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with …

An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.

Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.

The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.

Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which …

An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many …

hingód-hingód - Snout, proboscis, trunk (of pigs, elephants, etc.).

One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. …

íbok - The snout of a pig, proboscis, (cf. hingódhingód).

A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under …

The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as …

Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.

The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.

Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, …