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

The moth uses its proboscis to suck nectar by inserting it through a tiny opening into the floral nectaries, seemingly effortlessly and in a matter of seconds.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

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

From National Geographic • Aug. 8, 2023

So he watched as the mosquito patiently probed his hand with the cutting part of her proboscis, then sucked his blood for over a minute before flying off.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy