proboscis

Example Sentences

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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

If the moths' eyes were covered so they could not see their proboscis, they could still touch the flower.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

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

From National Geographic • Aug. 8, 2023

Rob, whose ego is as bruised as his proboscis, childishly lashes out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2023

Before an audience of intellectuals, Swammerdam cut away the skin of the silkworm to reveal what appeared to be a tiny model of the future moth inside, from proboscis to antennae to folded wings.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides