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This proboscis was lined with twin circular layers of teeth, one hard and rough, another soft and feather-like.
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 11 Aug. 2025
Make that clothing lighter in weight to deal with summer heat, but be aware that mosquitoes can penetrate holes in the clothing with their proboscis.
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—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 21 July 2025
The Tully monster lived before the dinosaurs 300 million years ago and had a fish-like body, with a long, slender proboscis that had a toothed claw and eyes on either end of a rigid rod across its back.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2025
This practice evolved into Cootie, the game in which kids assemble plastic insects with fiddlehead-fern-like proboscises, which was introduced nationwide in 1949 and is still manufactured today.
—Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 11 Aug. 2025
Make that clothing lighter in weight to deal with summer heat, but be aware that mosquitoes can penetrate holes in the clothing with their proboscis.
3.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 21 July 2025
The Tully monster lived before the dinosaurs 300 million years ago and had a fish-like body, with a long, slender proboscis that had a toothed claw and eyes on either end of a rigid rod across its back.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2025
This practice evolved into Cootie, the game in which kids assemble plastic insects with fiddlehead-fern-like proboscises, which was introduced nationwide in 1949 and is still manufactured today.
—Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proboscis
Noun
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The animal, which sported two horns on its snout, was comparable in size to modern rhino species.—
Jeanne Timmons,
Scientific American,
14 Jan. 2026
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The snout serves as a steam release, and the terra-cotta form ensures whatever is inside heats evenly.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
26 Dec. 2025
Noun
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If that does not resolve the problem, then your veterinarian might consider taking radiographs or doing an endoscopy of the nose, along with other diagnostics including bloodwork to look for signs of infection.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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Cole, a Belgian gelding who’s about 12 years old, calmly stood tied to a rope in the barn on the Kuehls’ property as visitors walked up to him and rubbed above his nose.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Proboscis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proboscis. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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