Noun
A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.
The nose.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccordingly, their mouthparts do not require the same degree of specialization as those of females. citation Externally, the most obvious feeding structure of the mosquito is the proboscis. Source: Internet
Each filter feeds by means of a pair of branched tentacles, and has a short, shield-shaped proboscis. Source: Internet
Anatomy Bombus muscorum drinking nectar with its long proboscis Hymenopterans range in size from very small to large insects, and usually have two pairs of wings. Source: Internet
A very stretchy muscle in the back of the rhynchocoel pulls the proboscis in when an attack ends. Source: Internet
Each consists of a prolongation of the syncytial material of the proboscis skin, penetrated by canals and sheathed with a muscular coat. Source: Internet
Edible particles will then settle onto the proboscis and a ciliated channel conducts the food to the trunk. Source: Internet