n., pl. -bos·cis·es or -bos·ci·des (-bŏs'ĭ-dēz').

1. A long flexible snout or trunk, as of an elephant.
2. The slender, tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates, such as insects, worms, and mollusks.
3. A human nose, especially a prominent one.

[Latin, from Greek proboskis : pro-, in front; see pro–² + boskein, to feed.]

noun

The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract: nose. Informal beak, snoot. Slang nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snout. See body/spirit, convex/concave.

Elongated, flexible feeding apparatus, formed of the fused mouthparts, in some insects.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

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.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - snabel

Nederlands (Dutch)
slurf, snuit, neus

Français (French)
n. - (Zool) trompe, appendice (nasal) (hum)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rüssel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) προβοσκίδα

Italiano (Italian)
proboscide

Português (Portuguese)
n. - probóscide (m)

Русский (Russian)
хобот, хоботок

Español (Spanish)
n. - probóscide, trompa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snabel

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
鼻子, 吻, 长嘴

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鼻子, 吻, 長嘴

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (코끼리, 맥 따위의 비죽 나온) 코

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鼻, 吻, 口先

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خرطوم الفيل, خرطوم الحشرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חדק, אבר המציצה של מספר סוגי תולעים, חדק החרק, חדק הפיל או הטפיר, אף‬

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