Proboscis

prō-bos′is, n. the trunk of some animals, as the elephant, for conveying food to the mouth: anything like a trunk:— pl. Probos′cides .— adjs. Probos′cidāte ; Proboscid′ean , having a proboscis.— n. a mammal of the Proboscidea .— n. Probos′cis-monk′ey , a monkey of Borneo, having a long mobile and retractile nose. [L.,—Gr. pro bosk is , a trunk— pro , in front, boskein , to feed.]