Sentence example with the word 'proboscis'

proboscis

antlia, beezer, bugle, muffle, nares, nib, nostrils, olfactory organ, rhinarium, schnozzle, snoot, trunk

Definition n. the human nose

Last update: September 12, 2015


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In the living Cephalodiscus a zooid can crawl by means of its proboscis over the gelatinous processes of the outer side of the coenoecium, a position which it can assume owing to the very great extensibility of the stalk, the proximal suctorial end of which remains attached to the inner surface of some part of the coenoecium (Andersson, 1907).   [Please select]

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SOPHIST WALLOPS HAUGHTY HELEN SQUARE ON PROBOSCIS.   [Please select]

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The heart, proboscis gland and notochord are located in the posterior part of the proboscis.   [Please select]

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There is also quite a decided thickening of the sub-epidermic network at the base of the proboscis, Figs.   [Please select]

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The connective tissue surrounding the proboscis cavity is of a peculiar arrangement.   [Please select]

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These muscle bands are probably used in altering the size and shape of the proboscis.   [Please select]

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Its sting is hardly so annoying as that of the mosquito, but near the base of its proboscis is a little bag containing the fatal poison.   [Please select]

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He has two large tusks, which form the ivory of commerce, and a trunk, or proboscis, at the end of the nose, which he uses to take his food with, and for attack or defense.   [Please select]

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