Basi-proboscis: basal third of the flexed proboscis of muscid flies. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Mediproboscis: the middle third of the flexed proboscis of muscid flies. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
From the under side of the head arises the long, fleshy proboscis (Fig. 40). From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Others, like Rangea had a kind of proboscis that grazed microbial mats, "she added. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Distiproboscis: the outer third of the proboscis in Muscid flies, bearing the labella. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
It is usually found with its proboscis or thorn imbedded in the wall of the small intestine. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
He is immaculately drawn, with recognisably repellent diaphanous wings and scarlet proboscis. From Wordnik.com. [Picture books for young children: there's a buzz about the place] Reference
I have kept planariæ under observation, and seen them drive this proboscis through each other. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Therefore, before one grain of sugar can be got, the bee must insert its proboscis into 500 clover-tubes. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Each of its eight legs possesses two claws, and the proboscis incloses feelers which are similarly armed. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
The name has reference to the tongue-shaped muscular proboscis by which the animal works its way through the sand. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
With a logical proboscis able to handle the heavy guns of Hugo Grotius, and to untwist withal the tangled threads of. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
My Ariadne was a slumbering orchestra deftly spinning out a thick proboscis-chord of such stuff as dreams are made of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
The proboscis-gut occurs as an outgrowth from the anterior dorsal wall of the collar-gut, and extends forward into the basal. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
George Foreman proved that middle-age men can hold their heads high-providing they don't mind taking a few pokes in the proboscis. From Wordnik.com. [The Preacher's Moral Victory] Reference
It is not its tongue, however; it is a tubular proboscis, and is very strong and muscular, and unlike the soft body of the animal. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
The proboscis is not the only organ of locomotion, being assisted by the succeeding segment of the body, the buccal segment or collar. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Eyes bright red; proboscis a little longer than the thorax; antennæ and legs black; wings slightly greyish, veins black; halteres tawny. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
The elephant's great fan-shaped ears bent forward to listen, and he lowered Tippoo till he hung swinging at the end of the huge proboscis. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The proboscis is the part of the head that the bug uses to feed on its prey. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
This response, called the proboscis extension reflex, can assess the bees 'reaction to a particular scent. From Wordnik.com. [Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews] Reference
For the mandibles were sharp, pointed ivory fangs; the proboscis was a kind of tongue in the vaguely mammalian mouths of these moths. From Wordnik.com. [An East Wind Coming]
I'm gonna assume that you mean "proboscis" (nose). From Wordnik.com. [BlueOregon] Reference
Mouth none, nor is there any kind of proboscis or tube. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the Linnean Society] Reference
The wings expand and the Butterfly now has six legs and a "proboscis" used for feeding. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
(millions of years) his "proboscis" (as the Greeks first called it), and I will later sketch that history. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
Brachyostomata: brachycerous Diptera with short proboscis. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Antenna and proboscis search for both sustenance and retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Jimmy Row] Reference
Thus let us take for an example the proboscis monkey of Borneo. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
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