1 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Proboscis
Proboscis
An eversible (with retractor muscle), hollow, muscular organ (sometimes dotted with a stylet) used for prey capture, defense, and locomotion that lies in a fluid-filled cavity ( Neirida, Polychaeta, Echiura, Gastropoda, Insecta, Nemertinea)
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Zoology
- Category: Zoological terms
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Water bodies Category: Lakes
Lake Huron
The second largest of the Great Lakes of North America, bounded on the west by Michigan (U. S. ) and on the north and east by Ontario (Can. ). The ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
stanley soerianto
0
Terms
107
Blossaries
6
Followers
Indonesia Famous Landmarks
Category: Travel 2 6 Terms
6 Terms
Browers Terms By Category
- Industrial lubricants(657)
- Cranes(413)
- Laser equipment(243)
- Conveyors(185)
- Lathe(62)
- Welding equipment(52)
Industrial machinery(1734) Terms
- Cosmetics(80)
Cosmetics & skin care(80) Terms
- SAT vocabulary(5103)
- Colleges & universities(425)
- Teaching(386)
- General education(351)
- Higher education(285)
- Knowledge(126)
Education(6837) Terms
- Algorithms & data structures(1125)
- Cryptography(11)
Computer science(1136) Terms
- General accounting(956)
- Auditing(714)
- Tax(314)
- Payroll(302)
- Property(1)