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προβοσκίς

προβοσκίς, an elephant’s proboscis

προβοσκ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
  • means of providing food:
    • I elephantʼs trunk, Arist. PA 659a15, Phylarch. 36J., Plb. 3.46.12, Agatharch. 71, Str. 15.1.43.
        • b flyʼs proboscis, Arist. HA 528b29.
    • II pl., tentacles of the decapod cephalopoda, ib. 523b30, PA 685a33.

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