Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having a proboscis; proboscidean.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having, or shaped like, a proboscis.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Zoöl.) Having a proboscis; proboscidial.
Etymologies
- From the stem of Latin proboscis + -ate. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The visitor constucted a pile of albums to screen the flame of his interest ... and returned several times to the pictures of little Armande in her bath, pressing a proboscidate rubber toy to her shiny stomach or standing up, dimple-bottomed, to be lathered.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘proboscidate’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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Nose-shaped or Snout-shaped
Adjectives meaning nose-shaped or snout-shaped
nariform, nasiform, nasute, proboscidiform, probosciform, proboscic, proboscidal, proboscidate, proboscidial, proboscideous, nozzle
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Summer 12
accoast, agog, alarums, alembic, anapest, animadvert, anoraked, apostasy, aquarelle, argentated, aubergine, auscultation and 197 more...
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