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proboscoid

proboscoid adjective: shaped like a nose or proboscis.

Adjective

proboscoid (comparative more proboscoid, superlative most proboscoid)

  1. Shaped like a nose or proboscis.
    • Abnormal leaves more oblong in outline, contracted toward apex in a proboscoid point bearing numerous fusiform, septate gemmae.1939, Edwin Bunting Bartram, Mosses of the Philippines, page 94
    • We aim to design a technique of umbilicoplasty for cases of proboscoid umbilical hernia in children that can be safe and easy with outcome resembling the normal-looking midline scar.207, Melvin A. Shiffman, editor, Pediatric Umbilical Reconstruction: Principles and Techniques, page 69

Forms of proboscoid

comparativemore proboscoid
superlativemost proboscoid

Questions about proboscoid

What does proboscoid mean?
Proboscoid means shaped like a nose or proboscis.
What part of speech is proboscoid?
Proboscoid is an adjective.

Words near proboscoid in the dictionary

  1. proboscis worm
  2. proboscis worms
  3. proboscises
  4. proboscisless
  5. proboscislike
  6. proboscoid
  7. probouleutic
  8. proboycott
  9. probroadcasting
  10. probs
  11. Probst

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