proboscis

Etymology
From, from literally "means for taking food," from , from the  root  from which also comes.

Noun

 * 1)  An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
 * 2)  The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
 * 3) The trunk of an elephant.
 * 4)  A large or lengthy human nose.
 * 1)  A large or lengthy human nose.

Usage notes

 * The learned plural is prevalent in biological literature. Otherwise the plural  tends to pair with the pronunciation in, while the plural  tends to pair with the pronunciation in.

Translations

 * Arabic: خُرْطُوم
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: probòscide
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:,  pödörnyelv
 * Ido:
 * Irish: próboscas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: snabel
 * Nynorsk: snabel
 * Occitan: proboscide
 * Ottoman Turkish: خرطوم
 * Portuguese:, probóscida
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: cuciak
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: хобото́к
 * Volapük:, sugaprobod
 * Welsh:, sugnydd

Etymology
From Ancient Greek.

Noun

 * 1) proboscis
 * 2) snout
 * 3) trunk of an elephant