probosces

Meaning of probosces

plural noun

the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long and mobile such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir.

early 17th century: via Latin from Greek proboskis ‘means of obtaining food’, from pro ‘before’ + boskein ‘(cause to) feed’.

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Hyphenation of probosces

pro-bosces

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • probosces is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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