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proboscidate

UK/pɹəˈbɒsɪdeɪt/

proboscidate adjective: having, or shaped like, a proboscis.

Adjective

proboscidate (comparative more proboscidate, superlative most proboscidate)

  1. Having, or shaped like, a proboscis.
    • The visitor [...] 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.1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, pages 40–1

Forms of proboscidate

comparativemore proboscidate
superlativemost proboscidate

Origin of proboscidate

From Latin proboscis (proboscid- in compounds) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about proboscidate

What does proboscidate mean?
Proboscidate means having, or shaped like, a proboscis.
What part of speech is proboscidate?
Proboscidate is an adjective.
How do you pronounce proboscidate?
Proboscidate is pronounced /pɹəˈbɒsɪdeɪt/ (UK).

Words near proboscidate in the dictionary

  1. proborhyaenid
  2. proborhyaenids
  3. proborrowing
  4. probosces
  5. probosci
  6. proboscidate
  7. proboscidean
  8. proboscideans
  9. proboscides
  10. proboscidial
  11. proboscidian

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