prŏboscis | -moscis | -muscis (noun F) = προβοσκίς: (, Sol. 24, 14; , Cassiod. Var. 10, 30)
* A trunk, proboscis, a snout.
* In gen., Varr. ap. Non. 49, 11; Auct. B. Afr. 84, 2.
* In partic., the trunk or proboscis of an elephant: proboscidem amputare,Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 18; 28, 8, 24, § 88: proboscide abscissā,Flor. 1, 18, 9.

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