proboscis

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Snuffle and let that sense of curiosity and discovery waft pleasingly over your proboscis.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

When a mosquito bites you, it pierces the skin using a mouthpart called a proboscis to suck up blood.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

To control the rough positioning of the proboscis in the flower, the animals move their entire bodies in flight, while the smaller movements of the proboscis itself are used to precisely target the flower pattern.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

They were indeed able to reproduce the conditions of proboscis drinking.

From National Geographic • Aug. 8, 2023

The proboscis of the death’s-head hawk moth is used as a kind of reed instrument, blown through to make high-pitched, reedy notes.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas