English Dictionary

proboscis

IPA（発音記号）

/pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/

名詞

ユーモラス文体 くだけた表現 軽度

(entomology, malacology) The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs. / The trunk of an elephant.

日本語の意味

（昆虫学、軟体動物学）昆虫、ミミズ、軟体動物などの一部無脊椎動物が持つ、管状の摂食および吸汁器官 / 象の鼻

The butterfly extended its proboscis to sip nectar from the flower.

その蝶は花の蜜を吸うために、長く巻かれた口吻を伸ばした。

意味（1）

(entomology, malacology) The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.

Unlike the proboscides of Lower brachyceran lineages, which are continuous with the head capsule and tend to dangle (Matsuda 1965), the proboscides of most cyclorrhaphan species are suspended by a membranous region and divided into three functional parts: the basiproboscis (rostrum), medioproboscis (haustellum), and distiproboscis (labellum), each of which is defined by internal muscles but also shares muscles with the other regions (Graham-Smith 1930; Lall and Davies 1971).

意味（2）

The trunk of an elephant.

意味（3）

(informal, mildly humorous) A large or lengthy human nose.

proboscises （ plural ）

proboscides （ plural ）