Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a proboscis; proboscidean.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having a proboscis; proboscidial.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having, or shaped like, a proboscis.

Etymologies

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From the stem of Latin proboscis + -ate.

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Examples

  • "The visitor constucted a pile of albums to screen the flame of his interest ... and returned several times to the pictures of little Armande in her bath, pressing a proboscidate rubber toy to her shiny stomach or standing up, dimple-bottomed, to be lathered.

    The Guardian World News Martin Amis 2009

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