Proboscis

Definition: Proboscis

Proboscis

Noun

1. (informal) the human nose (especially when it is large).

2. A long flexible snout as of an elephant.

Date "proboscis" was first used: 1609. (references)

Etymology: Proboscis \Pro*bos"cis\, noun; plural Proboscides. [Latin expression from Greek; before to feed, graze.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Satire	PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk. Asked how he knew that an elephant was going on a journey, the illustrious Jo. Miller cast a reproachful look upon his tormentor, and answered, absently: "When it is ajar," and threw himself from a high promontory into the sea. Thus perished in his pride the most famous humorist of antiquity, leaving to mankind a heritage of woe! No successor worthy of the title has appeared, though Mr. Edward bok, of The Ladies' Home Journal, is much respected for the purity and sweetness of his personal character. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Proboscis

Synonym: trunk (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Convexity	Proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Expedition to Borneo : the search for Proboscis monkeys and other creatures (reference) Johnny Proboscis and His Four Extraordinary Pals (2 Book Set) (reference) Proboscis monkeys of Borneo (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Proboscis (reference) Safari - Proboscis Monkey (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Common characteristics of Anopheles crucians are long, black proboscis, the palpus is a little shorter than probiscis, and a pair of dark gray submedian longitudinal stripes on the thorax. This mosquito may be a vector for malaria. Credit: CDC.		Certain species of Anopheles can transmit malaria. Note the long palpi, which are about as long as the proboscis. Credit: CDC.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		It consists of a proboscis separating narrow-set eyes with an absent nose and microphthalmia (abnormal smallness of one or both eyes). (references)
		The most severe of the facial anomalies is cyclopia, an abnormality characterized by a single eye, located in the area normally occupied by the root of the nose, and a missing nose or a nose in the form of a proboscis (a tubular appendage), located above the eye. Ethmocephaly is the least common facial anomaly. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Proboscis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proboscis" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	32	61,292

Expressions using "proboscis": proboscis flower ♦ proboscis monkey ♦ proboscis worm. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "proboscis": proboscis-laden, proboscis-like.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "proboscis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		thimth insekti, hundë e madhe (hooter), feçkë (snout, trunk). (various references)

Arabic		‏ململة, ‏خرطوم الفيل, ‏خرطوم الحشرة, ‏الأنف بارز, ‏بوق (blare, bugle, cornet, euphonium, honk, horn, megaphone, sound, toot, tootle, trump, trumpet). (various references)

Bulgarian		хоботче, хобот (snout, trunk), дълъг нос (snickersnee). (various references)

Danish		phylloxera (long proboscis phylloxera), vinlus (dactylosphaera vitifolii ), fundatrix, long proboscis phylloxera, perithymbia vitifolii, phylloxera ( viteus vitifolii, phylloxera vastatrix, stem-mother ( phylloxera )), naeseabe (Proboscis monkey). (various references)

Dutch		tromp (trunk), snuit (trunk), slurf (trunk), olifantssnuit (trunk). (various references)

Esperanto		rostro (trunk). (various references)

Faeroese		sevil (trunk). (various references)

Farsi		پوزه دراز, خرطوم , الت مکیدن حشره . (various references)

Finnish		viinikirva (dactylosphaera vitifolii ), grape leaf louse, grape phylloxera, long proboscis phylloxera, perithymbia vitifolii, phylloxera ( viteus vitifolii, phylloxera vastatrix, vine louse). (various references)

French		trompe. (various references)

German		Rüssel (beak, snout, trunk). (various references)

Greek		προβοσκίσ, προβοσκίδα (trunk). (various references)

Hebrew		חוטם (nose, snout), ח�"ק (snout, trunk of an elephant). (various references)

Hungarian		szívószerv (proboscides), ormány (proboscides, snout, snozzle, trunk). (various references)

Indonesian		belalai (tentacle). (various references)

Italian		proboscide (trunk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		口先 (lip service, lips, mere words, mouth, professions, snout). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くちさき (lip service, lips, mere words, mouth, professions, snout). (various references)

Manx		strooh (elephant's trunk, snout). (various references)

Pig Latin		oboscispray

Portuguese		probóscide, tromba de elefante (trunk), tromba (snout, trunk), rosto (countenance, face, feature, frontispiece, mug, muz, phiz, trunk, visage), nariz (boko, conk, neb, nose, pecker, smeller, snout), focinho (neb, nose, phiz, snout, trunk), bicanca (conk, snout). (various references)

Romanian		trompã (trunk, tube). (various references)

Russian		хобот (proboscides). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		surla (trunk), rilo (snout), nos (beak, hooter, nose, nozzle, snout). (various references)

Spanish		probóscide. (various references)

Swedish		snabel (trunk). (various references)

Turkish		uzun burun, hortum (cyclone, Eddy, elephant's trunk, hose, hose pipe, snout, tornado, twister, water hose, whirlwind), fil hortumu (elephant's trunk, trunk). (various references)

Ukrainian		хоботок (probe), хобот (snout). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	proboskis. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Nasalis larvatus, Nasalis spp., Phylloxera vastatrix. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "proboscis": proboscises. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Proboscis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Parabosco, Prabucki, probiscis, probocis, probocsis, probosces, proboscise, proboscus, probosics, probosis, probucol, provoscis, Roboski. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "proboscis" (pronounced prōbÄ"sus)
4	-Ä" s u s	colossus.
3	-s u s	acidosis, amniocentesis, analysis, antithesis, apotheosis, archdiocese, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, dialysis, diocese, electrolysis, fibrosis, Genesis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hydrolysis, hypnosis, hypothesis, meiosis, metamorphosis, misdiagnosis, morphogenesis, Narcissus, necrosis, nemesis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, organogenesis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, prognosis, prosthesis, psoriasis, psychoanalysis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, synthesis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, urinalysis, versus.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-i-o-o-p-r-s-s"
	-2 letters: scroops.
	-3 letters: crisps, piscos, pooris, prosos, scoops, scrips, scroop, sopors, sorbic, spoors.
	-4 letters: boors, boric, brios, broos, coirs, coops, corps, cribs, crisp, crops, cross, pisco, pisos, poori, priss, proso, pross, scoop, scops, scrip, sopor, sorbs, spics, spoor.
	-5 letters: bios, boor, boos, bops, boss, brio, bris, broo, bros, cobs, coir, coop, coos, cops, cors, coss.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-i-o-o-p-r-s-s"
	+2 letters: proboscides, proboscises.
	+3 letters: stroboscopic.
	+4 letters: proboscideans, proboscidians.
	+5 letters: bronchoscopies, bronchoscopist, bronchospastic, opisthobranchs, precombustions, submicroscopic.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
proboscis monkey	34
proboscis	22
monkey picture proboscis	3
mosquito proboscis	2
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Proboscis

Definition: Proboscis

Proboscis

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Synonym: Proboscis

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