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PROBOSCIS , the See also:

TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk of an See also:

ELEPHANT

elephant (Gr. rrpol3ovic1s, rrpo, before, (3oanew, to feed), the See also:

long flexible snout of the See also:

order of See also:

MAMMALIA (from Lat. mamma, a teat or breast)

Mammalia called See also:

PROBOSCIDEA (animals " with a proboscis ")

Proboscidea (q.v.), which embraces the elephant and its See also:

EXTINCT

extinct See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies the mammoths and mastodons. The See also:

TERM

term is also applied to the snout of the See also:

TAPIR

tapir and of the " kahan " or proboscis-See also:

MONKEY

monkey (Nasalis larvatus), and more particularly to the elongated parts of the mouth of various insecto, such as the rostrum or See also:

BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

beak of a rhynchophorus See also:

BEETLE (O. Eng. bityl; connected with " bite ")

beetle, the antlia of See also:

LEPIDOPTERA (Gr. ?emir, a scale or husk, and 7rrepov, a wing)

Lepidoptera, the sucking mouth of the See also:

house-See also:

FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly, &c. Various See also:

WORMS

worms possess a tubular structure which can be extended at the anterior portion of the See also:

BODY

body, and some gastropods a sucking See also:

TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue, to both of which the name " proboscis " is applied. PROBOSCIS-MONKEY, a large, long-tailed, red Bornean See also:

SPECIES

species characterized by the extraordinary prolongation of the See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose of the adult male, which hangs, however, down in front of the upper See also:

LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)

lip and does not stand straight out from the See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face in the manner commonly represented in pictures. From this feature the species, which is the only representative of its genus, derives its name of Nasalis larvatus. In See also:

FEMALES

females and See also:

young the nose is much less See also:

DEVELOPED

developed, with a tendency to turn upwards in the latter. This monkey is a See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-eater, nearly allied to the langurs, as typified by the sacred See also:

APE (Old Eng. ape; Dutch aap; Old Ger. a ffo; Welsh epa; Old Bohemian op; a word of uncertain origin, possibly an imitation of the animal's chatter)

ape of See also:

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