Pro-bŏs'cis, n.
n.; pl. PRO-BŎS'CI-DĒS. [Lat., Gr. προβοσκίς, from πρό, before, and βόσκειν, to feed, graze; Fr., Sp., & It. proboscide.]
Sense 1. An extensible hollow tube situated about the head of various animals, and capable of absorbing fluids; a snout; a trunk. The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible, muscular elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is usually a horny tube formed by the modified jaws.
Sense 2. Any elevated fleshy process about the head, as the proboscis of a worm.
Sense 3. The nose;—so called humorously or in ridicule.