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
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"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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