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proboscis

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9 lettersPronunciation /pɹə(ʊ)ˈbɒs(k)ɪs/Part of speech nounSorted bciooprssStarts with PEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. a long flexible snout as of an elephant

Word origin

From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”).

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  • Don Caldwell, editor-in-chief of the site Know Your Meme, namechecks Brr Brr Patapim, “a proboscis monkey that is also a tree”, as one who made it to YouTube.

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