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NOSE |
Proboscis |
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BEAK |
Proboscis |
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PROBOSCIDES |
Of Proboscis |
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PROBOSCIDATE |
Having a proboscis; proboscidial. |
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TRUNK |
The proboscis of an elephant. |
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HAUSTELLATE |
Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. |
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TONGUE |
The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly. |
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ANTLIA |
The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See
Lepidoptera. |
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SIPHON |
The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and
crustaceans. |
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PROMUSCIS |
The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under
Hemiptera. |
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HAUSTELLUM |
The sucking proboscis of various insects. See
Lepidoptera, and Diptera. |
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RETINACULUM |
One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of
certain worms. |
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HAUSTELLATA |
An artificial division of insects, including all
those with a sucking proboscis. |
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ACANTHOCEPHALA |
A group of intestinal worms, having the
proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
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PROBOSCIDIFORM |
Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a
proboscidiform mouth. |
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LITHE |
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as,
the elephant's lithe proboscis. |
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MANUBRIUM |
The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma.
See Illust. of Hydromedusa. |
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CLEPSINE |
A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a
proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms. |
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RHYNCHOBDELLEA |
A suborder of leeches including those that have
a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type. |
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ENOPLA |
One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the
presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis. |
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LIGULA |
The central process, or front edge, of the labium of
insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. |
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HYDRANTH |
One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also
applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust.
of Hydroidea. |
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TANYSTOMATA |
A division of dipterous insects in which the
proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The
horseflies and robber flies are examples. |
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PROBOSCIDIFERA |
...tropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with
the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See
Illus... |
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HEMIPTERA |
An order of hexapod insects having a jointed
proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for
piercing. In many of the spe... |