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Nasalis

A genus of mammals comprising the proboscis monkeys

Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera The females have a proboscis containing within the sheathlike labium six fine sharp needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man

Kahau

head golden yellow and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown Called also proboscis monkey It is now an endangered species

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Hawk moth

twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird sucking the honey by means of a long slender proboscis The larvaelig are large hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors and often with a caudal

VerbarHemiptera

An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis including four sharp stylets mandibles and maxillaelig for piercing In many of the species Heteroptera the front wings

Haustellate

Provided with a haustellum or sucking proboscis

VerbarHaustellata

An artificial division of insects including all those with a sucking proboscis

Gnat

A blood sucking dipterous fly of the genus Culex undergoing a metamorphosis in water The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals These are wanting in the males In America

Enopla

the orders of Nemertina characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis

Elephant

and Loxodonta Africana formerly E Africanus and several fossil species are known They have five toes a long proboscis or trunk and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw and curving upwards