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The nose. [Jocose] Proboscis monkey. (Zoöl.) See Kahau.

A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

A genus of freshwater leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

unctional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillæ) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called maggots) being usually without feet.…

ies, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.…

emertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.

ipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.

An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.

Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. -- n.

The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.

nd hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvæ are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. Tobacco Hawk Moth (Macrosila Carolina), and its La…

An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillæ), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.

One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea.

ead, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also kaha.]

tral process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. [See Illust. under Labium, and Hymenoptera.]

Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.

The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.

one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irrita…

Having a proboscis; proboscidial.