Synonyms of the word proboscis


PROBOSCISNEB - NOSE - SNOUT - TRUNK

proboscis

  • n. (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
  • n. (informal, mildly humorous) A large or lengthy human nose.

neb

  • n. (now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
  • n. (obsolete) A person's mouth.
  • n. (now dialectal) A person's nose.
  • n. (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
  • n. (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
  • n. (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.

nose

  • n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
  • n. A snout, the nose of an animal.
  • n. The tip of an object.
  • n. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish…
  • n. A perfumer.
  • n. The power of smelling.
  • n. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
  • n. The skill in recognising bouquet.
  • n. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
  • v. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
  • v. (intransitive) To snoop.
  • v. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
  • v. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
  • v. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
  • v. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
  • v. (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

snout

  • n. The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
  • n. The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
  • n. (derogatory) A person's nose.
  • n. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
  • n. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
  • n. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
  • n. (Britain, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
  • n. The terminus of a glacier.
  • n. (slang) A police informer.
  • v. To furnish with a nozzle or point.

trunk

  • n. (heading, biological) Part of a body.
  • n. (heading) A container.
  • n. (heading) A channel for flow of some kind.
  • n. (software engineering, jargon) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree,…
  • n. The main line or body of anything.
  • n. A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the…
  • n. Shorts used for swimming (swim trunks).
  • v. (obsolete) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
  • v. (mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.

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