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| | | proboscis | (โพรบอส'ซิส) n.งวงช้าง, จะงอยปาก, ส่วนของปากแมลงที่ยื่นออก S. trunk pl. -boscises, -boscides |
| | | งวง | (n) trunk, See also: proboscis, Syn. งวงช้าง, Example: ฉันเคยเห็นแม่ช้างใช้งวงจับหมาเหวี่ยงกระเด็นไป, Count Unit: งวง, Thai Definition: จมูกของช้างที่ยื่นยาวออกไป ตรงปลายมีจะงอยสำหรับจับของอย่างมือ | | งวงช้าง | (n) trunk, See also: proboscis, Syn. งวง, Example: ช้างใช้งวงช้างคว้าจับสิ่งของเข้าปาก, Count Unit: งวง, Thai Definition: จมูกของช้างที่ยื่นยาวออกไป ตรงปลายมีจะงอยสำหรับจับของอย่างมือ |
| | งวง | [ngūang] (n) EN: trunk (of an elephant) ; proboscis FR: trompe [ f ] ; trompe préhensile [ f ] | | งวงช้าง | [ngūang chāng] (n, exp) EN: elephant's trunk ; elephant's proboscis FR: trompe d'éléphant [ f ] | | งวงผึ้ง | [ngūang pheung] (n, exp) EN: bee's proboscis |
| | | | proboscidea | (n) in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants, Syn. genus Proboscidea | | proboscidea | (n) an order of animals including elephants and mammoths, Syn. order Proboscidea | | proboscidean | (n) massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk, Syn. proboscidian | | proboscis | (n) the human nose (especially when it is large) | | proboscis | (n) a long flexible snout as of an elephant, Syn. trunk | | proboscis monkey | (n) Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose, Syn. Nasalis larvatus | | common unicorn plant | (n) annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak, Syn. common devil's claw, ram's horn, devil's claw, Proboscidea louisianica, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower | | ribbon worm | (n) soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract, Syn. proboscis worm, nemertine, nemertean | | sand devil's claw | (n) alternatively placed in genus Martynia, Syn. Martynia arenaria, Proboscidea arenaria | | sweet unicorn plant | (n) a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea, Syn. Martynia fragrans, Proboscidea fragrans |
| | Proboscidate | a. [ See Proboscis. ] (Zool.) Having a proboscis; proboscidial. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Proboscidea | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Proboscis. ] (Zool.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Proboscidean | a. (Zool.) Proboscidian. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Proboscidial | a. (Zool.) Proboscidate. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Proboscidian | a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Proboscidea. -- n. One of the Proboscidea. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Proboscidifera | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Proboscis, and -ferous. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) A subdivision of the tænioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Proboscidiform | a. Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform mouth. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Proboscis | n.; pl. Proboscides [ L. fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; before + &unr_; to feed, graze. ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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 maxillæ, or by the labium. See Illusts. of Hemiptera and Lepidoptera. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The nose. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Proboscis monkey. (Zool.) See Kahau. [ 1913 Webster ]
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