| 单词 | proboscis |
| 例句 | Before an audience of intellectuals, Swammerdam cut away the skin of the silkworm to reveal what appeared to be a tiny model of the future moth inside, from proboscis to antennae to folded wings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So he watched as the mosquito patiently probed his hand with the cutting part of her proboscis, then sucked his blood for over a minute before flying off. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z There were butterfly wings, to go with the proboscis. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One even had a butterfly proboscis, curled up like a fiddlehead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The proboscis of the death’s-head hawk moth is used as a kind of reed instrument, blown through to make high-pitched, reedy notes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It contained pictures of the strangest of insects: beetles with horns, beetles with proboscises—one even had a proper nose. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The butterfly poked its tiny proboscis down into her hair, probing for nurture, then flew away unsatisfied. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, she continues to develop her own formal lexicon: elephant trunks and other strange proboscises, tilted planes within planes, lines that abruptly swerve or boomerang. Last Chance: At Sikkema Jenkins, Amy Sillman?s Boldness 2010-05-10T20:44:00Z As we sped down the river, leaf monkeys, hornbills, serpent eagles and troupes of proboscis monkeys lounged in trees by the riverside, their long noses visible from the boat. Birder, scuba diver — or both? This biodiverse destination offers the best of both worlds 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Pountney's approach and the imaginative, superfunctional designs of the late Maria Bjørnson set a benchmark: the caterpillar and its concertina, as well as the mosquito and his menacing proboscis, are still a delight. The Cunning Little Vixen – review 2013-02-26T18:16:00Z And there is good support from Sarah Goldberg as her free-loving sister and from James Russell who, as Harold, uses an undulating arm to evoke what Milton called a "lithe proboscis". Miss Lilly Gets Boned 2010-06-28T21:31:00Z A black piece of tape has been attached above one nostril to signal his distinctive proboscis. Review: A Nose by Any Other Name in a Hudson Valley ‘Cyrano’ 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Following the advice of her mother and three plastic surgeons — one of whom recalled seeing “Dirty Dancing” and wondering “why that girl didn’t do her nose” — Grey underwent two surgeries to “fine-tune” her proboscis. Don’t Call Her ‘Baby.’ At 62, Jennifer Grey Is Taking the Lead. 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z As often happens with scientific investigations, the inspiration came from something else entirely: a hummingbird hawk-moth using its slender proboscis to feed. Don’t tell Nonna: Science says this is the ‘right’ way to cook pasta 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Rob, whose ego is as bruised as his proboscis, childishly lashes out. With her widower's help, a splendid new documentary explores Mary Tyler Moore's private side 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z A unique characteristic of this phylum is the presence of a proboscis enclosed in a rhynchocoel. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was also an animal reminiscent of Opabinia, a weird wonder of the Cambrian that had five eyes and a trunklike proboscis. 462-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove Holds Miniature World of Marine Creatures 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z But the quarry also holds strange creatures thought to have arisen and vanished during the Cambrian period, such as opabiniids, which had five eyes and a long proboscis, and scaly slugs called wiwaxiids. Fossil-rich Welsh quarry yields trove of soft-bodied animals at dawn of modern life 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z They were indeed able to reproduce the conditions of proboscis drinking. Don’t tell Nonna: Science says this is the ‘right’ way to cook pasta 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Moths, which have long sucking mouthparts called a proboscis, can reach this nectar easily. Climate change means more flies and fewer moths and bees, study says 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z The proboscis serves to capture food and may be ornamented with barbs in some species. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z These gelatinous slugs swim through the water column and stick their radula through a trunklike proboscis to snag prey, a hunting style similar to what the new study proposes for Typhloesus. The ‘Alien Goldfish’ Finds a Home 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z During the excavation, Maloney said, the archaeologists grappled with scorpions, bats and proboscis monkeys that were less than impressed by their presence in the ancient cave system. Scientists find evidence of oldest known surgery, from 31,000 years ago 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z If you squint, its markings look a bit like the face of an owl, until it extends a tubular proboscis, shattering the illusion. Huge plan to map the DNA of all life in British Isles 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z I wear the balaclava to keep my rather prominent proboscis warm, since it is kind of far from the warmth of my face. Rant & Rave: Slow down for safety or a speed trap? 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The proboscis is a long, thin structure inside a cavity called the rhynchocoel. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When disgruntled, the worms shoot out a proboscis of peculiar construction to grip their prey. These Bloodworms Grow Copper Fangs and Have Bad Attitudes 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z The traits were reminiscent of Opabinia, but the creature’s poorly preserved head was little more than a crimson smear, obscuring the proboscis and generous allotment of eyes. One of Evolution’s Oddest Creatures Finds a Fossilized Family Member 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z One blew threats at the other through his prodigious proboscis, and they separated and splashed back into the water. Savoring the noisy spectacle of elephant seal breeding season in California’s Año Nuevo State Park 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z An elephant’s proboscis, like a human tongue, is a type of muscular hydrostat: it has no bones, so it can move in myriad ways. Movie-Making Tech Reveals Elephant Trunk Motions 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Watch the video below to see a nemertean attack a polychaete with its proboscis. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Malagasy moths take the prize here, with proboscises that measure 6.6 centimeters longer on average, as seen in the picture above. New species has longest tongue of any insect 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z As it undulated through an ancient sea with its flaps and spiky tail fan, Utaurora likely wielded its proboscis to shovel food into its mouth. One of Evolution’s Oddest Creatures Finds a Fossilized Family Member 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The proboscis is a Swiss Army knife appendage of six separate instruments that facilitate blood collection. Mosquitoes Stab Animals with a Syringelike Proboscis 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Photographer Mogens Trolle won the animal portraits category with a photo of an endangered proboscis monkey basking in the sunlight in Sabah, Borneo. Take a breather with the winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z These ribbon-shaped animals bear a specialized proboscis enclosed within a rhynchocoel. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mosquitoes then pierce this plastic with their needlelike proboscis called a stylet. Scientists fight disease-carrying mosquitoes by letting them feed off their blood 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The insects bite into leaves with their mandibles and proboscises to induce flowering up to one month earlier than normal. Daily briefing: Social distancing cut the flu season short 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The bees soon cut several holes in the leaves of each plant using their mandibles and proboscises. Bumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower (Seriously) 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Although they are found in the fly’s eyes, the researchers’ analysis suggests that the proteins also occur in neurons at the tip of its snorkel-like proboscis, which it uses to sample its environment. Proteins that sense light also sense taste, at least in fruit flies 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The proboscis may be extended or retracted by the retractor muscle attached to the wall of the rhynchocoel. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Generations of actors have donned prosthetic proboscises to play Cyrano de Bergerac. Why James McAvoy's Bergerac ditches the Cyra-nose 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z You fill it by extending a tube that emerges from under the nib like the proboscis of a mosquito and dipping it in the ink bottle. Perspective | This young Maryland chemist brews up artisanal fountain pen ink in his shed 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Examining everything from the muscular miracle of the beast’s proboscis to the species’ wartime work, Shell also charts the threats facing Asian elephants, and the dearth of local voices in relevant policymaking. Life’s innovations, the enigma of gravity, and how to feed 8 billion: Books in brief 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Airbnb is a parasitic monster that squats over cities and hoovers up vast sums of money through its slimy proboscis. AirBnb can’t go on unregulated – it does too much damage to cities | Steven Poole 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The moth was probing one of the bird’s eyes with its proboscis and appeared to be drinking from it. Watch a moth drink tears from a bird’s eye 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z When the bee’s proboscis pierces its chamber, the flower arches and shivers beneath it. “Poor Girl” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z “But the marine leeches feed with a proboscis.” The Stuff That Helps Leeches Get Their Fill of Blood 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Bottom of his ranked list of primates was the proboscis monkey, with four known distinct calls. Primate brains reveal speech secrets 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Dixson adds that some young male proboscis monkeys might be late nasal bloomers, potentially affecting the results. For This Monkey, a Bigger Nose Means a Better Sex Life 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z When the fly lands on an eyeball and begins to drink tears, the late-stage worm larvae climb out of the fly’s proboscis and onto the eye. Parasitic Worms Found in a Woman's Eye—First Case of Its Kind 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z He said the orangutan and proboscis monkey were wearing sunglasses to show Malaysia was a sunny country. Malaysia defends 'hideous' tourism logo 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The scales may also provide insight into the early evolution of the insect’s tubelike tongue, or proboscis, which the authors suggest evolved tens of millions of years before nectar-rich flowers existed. Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z "These finds push back the evolution of this group with proboscises - with a tongue - by about 70 million years," said Dr van de Schootbrugge. Butterfly origins pushed back in time 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z “It is possible that male proboscis monkeys in bachelor groups may delay growth of the nose and deepening of the voice until they better able to acquire a unit of females,” he said by email. For This Monkey, a Bigger Nose Means a Better Sex Life 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The next day he conjectured there must be a moth with a proboscis roughly that long to do the job. Triassic Butterfly Park? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Is it on a flower sucking up sweet nectar with its tonguelike proboscis? Earliest evidence of butterflies poses an intriguing mystery 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The finding pushes back the date of this group of insects by about 70 million years, and refutes the idea that the proboscis first evolved alongside flowers. Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z No wonder, when it seems that a petite proboscis is the key requirement to succeeding Hollywood. Cleopatra had a big, beautiful nose. So let’s see it onscreen | Radhika Sanghani 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z From this face extended a fleshy protuberance, similar to a mini elephant trunk or a tapir’s proboscis. Strange Mammals That Stumped Darwin Finally Find a Home 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Just such a moth, with an 11-inch-long coiled proboscis, finally turned up 45 years later. Triassic Butterfly Park? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z But other scales researchers inspected were hollow with markings that distinctly resemble those of a living class of the insects that uses its proboscis to eat. Earliest evidence of butterflies poses an intriguing mystery 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Recently I saw a piece on moths that use their proboscises for sucking blood, I believe in National Geographic.Perhaps the mouth parts... Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z He said that from a pilot’s perspective, despite the large boom sticking out the back like some insect proboscis, the jet handles just like any commercial 767. Boeing shows off long-troubled Air Force tanker, says deadlines will be met 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The Mongolian saiga is a subspecies, smaller and stockier than its Kazakhstan counterparts, with horns of a different shape and a slightly more refined proboscis. Saiga Antelopes Are Struck Again by a Plague in Central Asia 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z But the new study pushes fossil evidence for the origin of the sucking proboscis back 70 million years. Triassic Butterfly Park? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z So, what good was a proboscis if not for slurping up flowers’ sugary goodness? Earliest evidence of butterflies poses an intriguing mystery 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Recently I saw a piece on moths that use their proboscises for sucking blood, I believe in National Geographic. Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Due to loss of their mangrove habitat and hunting, proboscis monkeys are listed as endangered, with fewer than 7,000 animals left in the wild. Watch Monkeys Swim for Their Supper in Rare Video Nixon himself had a rather glorious nose, a ski-jump proboscis loved by editorial cartoonists. This would-be gift to the Smithsonian didn’t pass the smell test 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z That “challenges the underlying notion,” the authors wrote, that the emergence of flowering plants roughly 130 million years ago drove the evolution of the Lepidoptera proboscis. Triassic Butterfly Park? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z With their proboscis, they will lap and suck up water, which they store in their honey sac, taking only about 60 seconds to tank up. Birds do it, bees do it: animal cooling strategies to beat the heat 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z That would also explain why the proboscises were around long before flowers were. Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Distinguishable by its rounded abdomen and light-colored band around its proboscis. Lethal Buzzers: America’s Six Most Dangerous Mosquitoes 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z In the wild, proboscis monkeys live in the jungles of Borneo, never straying far from the island’s rivers, coastal mangroves, and swamps. Big-Nosed Monkey Is the 6,000th Member of the Photo Ark 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z The thin tube the insect injects into the skin, what's called the proboscis, is actually comprised of six different needles that all work in tandem to extract blood from the body. Mosquitoes stick six needles into you when they suck your blood 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z In the process, the mosquito injects some of its own saliva, which contains an anticoagulant that prevents your blood from clotting around the proboscis and trapping the insect. Ask Well: Why Do Mosquito Bites Itch? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z And if they don't, then we need some kind of causal reasoning to justify proposing that the proboscis evolved with the scales, not merely this correlation. Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The dark brown insects are recognizable by long palpi, tasting organs, which are almost the same length as its proboscis, or mouthparts. Lethal Buzzers: America’s Six Most Dangerous Mosquitoes 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Photographer Joel Sartore took this milestone image of a male proboscis monkey at the Singapore Zoo for the Photo Ark. Big-Nosed Monkey Is the 6,000th Member of the Photo Ark 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z They do the event every year ahead of the festivities to encourage HIV prevention, but this year, they added Zika materials, and a few dressed up in mosquito costumes, wearing plastic wings and rubbery proboscises. In Zika-stricken Brazil, a Carnival of flesh and feasting — for the mosquitoes 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z When a mosquito bites, it pierces your skin and draws blood with the tip of its strawlike mouth, or proboscis. Ask Well: Why Do Mosquito Bites Itch? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z “For the first time, he realized this was his blood, and this little proboscis is how it feeds on his blood,” Prakash said. A Microscope to Save the World 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z By dissecting and scanning saiga noses, a scientific team in 2004 identified large chambers inside the animal's proboscis that may help “clean” air before it’s inhaled into the lungs. This Odd-Nosed Antelope Is Experiencing a Mass Die-Off 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Scientists think male proboscis monkeys' fleshy, pendulous noses create an echo chamber that amplifies its call, impressing females and intimidating rival males. Big-Nosed Monkey Is the 6,000th Member of the Photo Ark 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z They bite with their proboscis, a mouthpart that males have, too, minus the mechanics to penetrate skin. Your summertime guide to mosquitos: Why they bite and what to do about it. 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z The insect feeds on the citrus plant by inserting a special tube, a proboscis, deep into a leaf and then sucking up some of the nutrient-rich sap. Oranges bug 'hacks insect behaviour' - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z A. If you live in the mid-Atlantic states, you are probably dealing with brown marmorated stink bugs, Halyomorpha halys, a true bug in the order Hemiptera, with a proboscis adapted for piercing and sucking plants. Those Bugs Stink 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z It feeds at dusk by inserting a long proboscis into a flower to drink nectar. Hawkmoths Slow Brain to Dine in the Night 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z As part of the more comprehensive experiment, the researchers presented the bees with neonicotinoid-laced syrup and found that the neurons on their proboscises didn’t respond as they would if presented with other types of toxins. Long-suspected pesticide is harming bumblebees 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z “When you watch them eat, they throw out the proboscis, or nose, which looks like a mouth turned inside out, and suck the food in. They’re always feeding off the bottom.” Will sturgeon ever come back to Lake Erie? 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z When Charles Darwin saw this flower in 1862, he hypothesized that it must have evolved to attract a moth with an equally long proboscis. ‘Science and Beauty’ explains why bugs, humans love orchids 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Water is collected by the same means as nectar, by sucking through the proboscis, Dr. Gilbert said. Beehive Air-Conditioning 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z My old car key, however, is lumpen plastic with a grooved proboscis that when pocketed makes me happy to see you. Losing the Key 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z There is also a shot of a body on an autopsy table, before the video closes with the sight of a vampire's proboscis in action and what looks to be its unhinged, mutated jaw. New trailer for 'The Strain' shows del Toro's gruesome vampires in action 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z In recent years, two tyrannosaurs with unusually prominent proboscises were , and named Alioramus. New Tyrannosaur named 'Pinocchio' 2014-05-07T09:02:26Z In recent years, two skeletons with unusually prominent proboscises were . New Tyrannosaur named 'Pinocchio' 2014-05-07T09:02:26Z I pointed out that the island where the proboscis monkeys lived in the zoo had several dead trees. Can Indonesia's 'zoo of death' turns things around? 2014-02-07T02:11:33Z One time in a million, the landing is too loud, or the proboscis stalls too long by the allergenic pine. A soon and distant christmas 2013-12-18T18:50:47.860Z The researchers used a sort of bee "sniff test", known as the proboscis extension reflex test, to see how sensitive the bees were to floral scents. VIDEO: How to test a bee's sense of smell 2013-10-03T13:00:43Z Alas, its sense of smell was not proportional to its proboscis. The Week: A Big-Nosed Dinosaur and Ancient Time-Keeping 2013-07-22T18:55:24Z She and her colleagues then exposed the stocking to caged mosquitoes, allowing them to land on it and poke it with their proboscises in a vain attempt to feed. ScienceShot: Stinky Feet Smell Sweet to Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes 2013-05-15T22:00:00Z "We have many successes, for example we've been successful in breeding Komodos, and in providing a place for proboscis monkeys that resembles their natural habitat." Can Indonesia's 'zoo of death' turns things around? 2014-02-07T02:11:33Z A bipedal child strays near the red, cilia-draped proboscis and then stops, awed. A soon and distant christmas 2013-12-18T18:50:47.860Z Snapping a picture with a nanometer-level resolution of the proboscis or muscle cells of a fruit fly isn't easy—in fact, it's deadly. Nano-Suit Protects Bugs From Space-Like Vacuums 2013-04-15T20:10:00Z After burrowing into the walls of a fish's intestines, the spiny-headed worm Pomphorhynchus laevis inflates its proboscis to better embed itself in the soft tissue. ScienceShot: Parasite Inspires Surgical Patch 2013-04-16T16:50:00Z Spoon worms have added to the basic annelid body plan a proboscis, which Gallo described as a “tongue”. What Lives at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench? More Than You Might Think 2013-04-15T00:15:05.547Z The spoon worms “create a rosette around them by licking organic matter off the surrounding sediment with a tongue-like proboscis”? Cameron's Team Divulges Discoveries in Deepest Trenches on Earth 2013-02-23T00:45:00.387Z White sensory cilia guide its proboscis down through the structure towards a unique and unmistakable combination of sugars and fats. A soon and distant christmas 2013-12-18T18:50:47.860Z As we’ll see, and as is obvious if you look at the proboscides of extant mammals, there’s a lot more to having a trunk that having large, dorsally located nostrils. Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks (redux, 2012) 2012-11-20T14:15:00.200Z She gazed at the offensive growths emanating from her head, past her fine ommatidia and voluptuous proboscis, down to her admittedly elegant legs. The Making of a Mutant: A Fruit Fly Love Story 2012-04-15T01:15:00.220Z The proboscis seems to lick or comb sediments for food, perhaps while their bodies remain comfortably ensconced in the safety of their burrow in the center of the diggings. What Lives at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench? More Than You Might Think 2013-04-15T00:15:05.547Z The famous Fulgora lanternaria, or lantern-fly of Linnaeus, produces the light from the long transparent horn or proboscis curving upward from the head. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Biting mandibles; second maxillae incompletely or completely fused; often forming a suctorial proboscis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Given that the proboscis is used for selective foraging, and hence has to be narrow and prehensile at its tip, it follows that it must typically be the ‘extension’ of a narrow snout. Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks (redux, 2012) 2012-11-20T14:15:00.200Z Her proboscis fell open and she could feel her abdomen distend in shock as she tried vainly to comprehend what it was that stared back at her. The Making of a Mutant: A Fruit Fly Love Story 2012-04-15T01:15:00.220Z Those lines of Milton were admirably applied to him by some one—‘The elephant to make them sport wreathed his proboscis lithe.’ Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z They suck the sap of plants by means of a tubular proboscis, and owing to the wonderful rapidity of their reproduction become very destructive to vegetation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The louse-like offspring sticks its proboscis into the tissues as far as the central cylinder. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z It is entirely reasonable to assume that, if any other tetrapod were to evolve a proboscis, it also would need specialised, hypertrophied nerves. Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks (redux, 2012) 2012-11-20T14:15:00.200Z When the spider bites its prey, it thrusts a small white proboscis out of its mouth, with which it instills a poisonous liquor into the wound. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Weevil, wēv′il, n. a popular name for a large number of beetles, with the anterior part of the head prolonged into a beak or proboscis, feeding upon plants: any insect injurious to stored grain.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z This pensioner-elephant, however, seemed to find himself in very good quarters, and was a carefully-tended gentle creature, who carried about his chain with his proboscis, and knelt down at the word of command. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z This demonstrates that the neurology required for a proboscis in these sauropods is emphatically absent. Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks (redux, 2012) 2012-11-20T14:15:00.200Z Nobody had cakes for themselves, and it would have been far easier to place a gold piece in the twirling proboscis. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z He turned and dipped his proboscis into the coffee, taking her out of focus, but not out of sight. Gifts of the Magi 2011-11-30T18:20:55.930Z The team were ill-broken broncos which had already given me trouble, and when the fly bored with envenomed proboscis through the hide of one, the beast flung up his head and kicked savagely. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z He has two large tusks, and a trunk or proboscis at the extremity of the nose, which he uses to take his food with, and, in case of necessity, for attack or defence. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Again, this seems incompatible with the presence of a trunk, as if sauropods had proboscides, wouldn’t they be grabbing foliage with the trunk tip, and then passing it into the mouth, over the teeth? Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks (redux, 2012) 2012-11-20T14:15:00.200Z No creature without a long proboscis or bill could penetrate the chevaux-de-frise of stamens, and to reach the honey the hummingbirds had to probe to their eyes. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z They are characterized by having a proboscis instead of a mouth with jaws; they can suck, but they cannot bite. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z And that, according to scientists from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is an Achilles’ heel — or Achilles’ proboscis — through which the pests can also be poisoned. Small Fixes: Poisoned Nectar Is a Double-Edged Delicacy for Mosquitoes 2011-09-26T22:14:35Z From the head to the tip of the tail the proboscis monkey measures about four feet and a half. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z In extant mammals, the species with dorsally located bony nostrils have a proboscis, or trunk. Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks (redux, 2012) 2012-11-20T14:15:00.200Z Under the lens I saw the hideous creature stop in its awkward progress, and as it prepared to sink its proboscis I involuntarily flinched, so fearful a thing seemed about to happen. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The acrembolic proboscis or frontal introvert of the Nemertine worms has a complete range. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z For the old modelled half-masks with the lace frill, the awful proboscis sticking forward white and ghastly like the beaks of corpse-birds—such as the old Venice masks—these I think are simply horrifying. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z It has a taste for fructose, stabbing its mouth — or proboscis — into apples, peaches, grapes and other fruit at the start of harvest season. Invasive bugs making a bigger stink 2011-08-08T02:47:03Z Like Coombs, Munns wondered if the dorsally located bony nostrils of sauropods might indicate the presence of a proboscis, and he went as far as providing the animal with a fairly long, elephant-like, tubular proboscis. Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks (redux, 2012) 2012-11-20T14:15:00.200Z Almost immediately the fly grew feeble; then the wasp snipped off its proboscis, and next the legs. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The inversion of the proboscis is effected directly by the contraction of these muscles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z But Aristotle says that the cuttle-fish has eight feet, of which the two lowest are the largest; and that it has two proboscises, and between them it has its eyes and mouth placed. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z I have three or four times met with a variety of F. ornata, in which one lobe was much enlarged and flattened, but they had no proboscis. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z To study evolution, Jason Munshi-South has tracked elephants in central Africa and proboscis monkeys in the wilds of Borneo. Evolution Right Under Our Noses 2011-07-25T16:35:11Z Then he seized the fly just behind the head, and bit off pieces of the wings; these, the proboscis, and the legs dropped to the ground. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z N.B.—Note the simple snout or rostrum not introverted as a “proboscis.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z And the little cuttle-fish feed on small fish, extending their proboscises like fishermen's lines, and catching their prey with them. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z In what I take for F. cornuta, the horn or proboscis has sometimes been a conspicuous object, and at others so fine and transparent as to be only visible in certain lights. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z It had the regulation number of limbs, the family proboscis, and apparently the parental eyes. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z This allows us to see if any repeating patterns emerge, as in the example with the corolla depth and proboscis: longer-tongued bees exclusively visit deeper flower tubes. Scientist at Work: A Network of Plants and Pollinators 2011-06-29T17:43:04Z They have a well-developed proboscis which is used as a suctorial organ; some are abyssal, but the majority are either commensals or parasites of Echinoderms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The cuttle-fish and the squids swim together, being united together at the mouths, and also touching one another with their feelers, so as to join in that manner; and they also join proboscis to proboscis. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z They proved to be Floscules, generally resembling the F. ornata, described in a previous page, but having a long slender proboscis hanging like a loose ringlet down one side. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z That of the male consists of a wild, hoarse, gurgling noise, which is audible at a great distance, and is believed to be strengthened by the proboscis. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z The larva is often found in considerable numbers clinging to the oscula and wide efferent canals of S. carteri, its proboscis inserted into the substance of the sponge. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Stylifer, the operculum is lost, animal fixed by a large proboscis which forms a pseudopallium covering the whole shell except the extremity of the spire, parasitic on all groups of Echinoderms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z It is said, too, that when a storm comes, they seize hold of the rocks with their proboscises, as if they were anchors, and so fix themselves firm. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z In the common rotifer these organs are situated on the proboscis, while those of the Philodina are lower, and said to be "cervical." Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z The body was as large as an egg, the legs long and hairy, and the proboscis curved, pointed, and vicious-looking. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Thereupon the elephant poked his proboscis into the water, and muttered a fervent prayer. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Shell ventricose, with elongated aperture, and short spire; proboscis and siphon long; operculum with marginal nucleus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z It had a proboscis and also two tusks placed at the anterior extremity of the lower jaw, and curved downwards somewhat after the manner of those in the upper jaw of the walrus. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z One day a singular creature made its appearance in the trough; when magnified sixty diameters it resembled an oval bladder, with a sort of proboscis attached to it. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z The females have no proboscis and are considerably smaller than the male. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z But Leo slipped further back, and at the same time threw the noose of the rope over the uplifted proboscis. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z Mucronalia, foot reduced, but still operculate, eyes present, animal fixed by its very long proboscis which is deeply buried in the tissues of an Echinoderm, no pseudopallium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The resulting itch is caused not by piercing proboscis or the protein in the mosquito's saliva but by the body's immune response to them. Inside Your Body 2011-03-02T23:57:39Z The surface was ciliated, and the neck or proboscis acted as a rudder, and enabled the creature to execute rapid turns. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z The proboscis of the male is about a foot long when the creature is at rest, but elongates under excitement. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Besides the budding at the base of the tentacle, as in Hybocodon, we find another mode of development among Hydroid Medusæ, viz. that of budding from the proboscis. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Two of the creatures had dropped upon his oily hair, to sip the rancid oil through their disgusting proboscises. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Upper margin of the end of the proboscis developed into a distinct finger-like process, much longer than the lower margins, and the whole trunk uniformly tapering and smooth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Under this power, when the animal was resting or moving slowly, a mouth was perceived on the left side of the proboscis, which was usually, though not always, curved to the right. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z To compensate for the short neck, they have the long proboscis, often 4 or 5 feet in length, produced by the union and development of the nose and upper lip. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z These lines of juncture between the two floors, where the partitions occur, produce the four radiating lines, running from the proboscis to the margin of the disk, on the upper surface. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z One of the stinging flies had thrust its sharp-tipped proboscis into Burl's flesh to suck the blood. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z When the mosquito bites you, one or more larvae will drop off, wriggle to the hole made by the mosquito’s proboscis, and slip in. Scientist at Work: Preparing to Leave the Amazon, and Telling Tales of Parasites Past 2011-02-03T13:00:13Z Presently a decided constriction appeared about half-way below the mouth and proboscis, and in transverse direction. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z The openings of the burrows become silted up, leaving, however, a small aperture through which the proboscis is extruded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z What we call here digestive cavity, proboscis, and mouth, are, in fact, parts of one organ. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Burl glanced upward and saw the long proboscis and the hairy hinder legs with their scanty load of pollen. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z The female coccus, whilst young, attaches itself by its proboscis to a plant; sucks the sap but never moves again; is fertilised and lays eggs; and this is its whole history. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z The ciliary motion became very violent in the lower half just below the constriction, while the proboscis worked hard to make its half go another way. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z When these are found the grooved proboscis folds its walls inwards, and the cilia pass the particles down the tube thus formed to the mouth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z One of the lips of the mouth at the extremity of the long proboscis; m mouth, d digestive cavity, c chymiferous tube. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z A great bluebottle fly, shining with a metallic luster, reposed in an ecstasy of feasting, sipping through its long proboscis the dark-colored liquid that dripped slowly from a mushroom. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Then, as if determined to have his bath out, he strode back into the water, till nearly knee-deep, and once more plunged his proboscis underneath. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The proboscis fellow had increased and rounded his body, and diminished his nose; while Mr. Flask had grown round also, and evinced an intention of cultivating a proboscis himself. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z Echiuroids also move by extending the proboscis, which takes hold of some fixed object, and, then contracting, draws the body forwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The digestive cavity in the Tima is much smaller than in the Zygodactyla, and is placed at the end of the proboscis, which is long, and hangs down far below the disk. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z “But the proboscis on a proboscis monkey is close enough to our own that we apply human standards to it.” A Masterpiece of Nature? Yuck! 2010-08-09T22:16:00Z The proboscis had a set of grasping claws on the end, which were used to grab food and stuff it into ’s mouth. Unusual fossils: Wonderful life goes on 2010-05-13T10:51:00Z In speaking of limbs, he takes occasion to describe the proboscis of the elephant, and to enter generally into the history of that gigantic quadruped. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History It does not extend into the proboscis, which is a solid organ traversed by the nervous and vascular rings, but otherwise largely built up of muscle fibres and connective tissue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The proboscis is not simple as in the Sarsia, but looks like a yellow urn suspended at its four corners from the chymiferous tubes. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Thus assisted, we can see at once how the junction of the two sides of the proboscis is brought about so quickly and so perfectly. Butterflies and Moths (British) The proboscis cavity extending the entire length of the organ is surrounded by a network of connective tissue supported by longitudinal bands of plain muscle. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 Appendages of 2nd pair very large and completely chelate, their basal segments meeting in the middle line, as in the Uropygi, and provided in front with membranous lip-like processes underlying the proboscis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" It can possess few of the functions usually associated with a vascular system, and its main use is probably to assist in the expansion of the proboscis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Unsymmetrical free Medusa of Hybocodon; r o chymiferous tubes, v proboscis,s circular tube, m young Medusæ at base of long tentacle t. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z The proboscis also appears, alternately lengthening itself out and coiling into a spiral, as if impatient to reach the sweet nectar from the bottom of some fragrant flower cup. Butterflies and Moths (British) This cavity is supposed to communicate with the exterior by a very small opening, the proboscis pore, but this did not show in the specimens examined. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 Yes, there she was, all six feet in the honey, pumping away with might and main through her little red tongue, or proboscis, or whatever it was. The Jonathan Papers This view is strengthened by certain anatomical and histological resemblances to the genus Sternaspis, which in one species, S. spinosa, is said to carry a bifid proboscis resembling that of the Echiuroids. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Medusa bud of Hybocodon; a base of attachment, o proboscis, c circular tube,d young Medusæ at base of long tentacle t. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Thus, the antenn� may be placed at equal angles, the proboscis may be extended, and a couple of pins may be used to support the abdomen if it is inclined to bend downward. Butterflies and Moths (British) The heart, proboscis gland and notochord are located in the posterior part of the proboscis. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 A fly or gnat no doubt inserts its proboscis into one's flesh just as a wasp does its sting; but the actions of such opposite parts of the body surely demand distinct names. Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects The ciliated ventral groove of the proboscis leads at its base into the simple mouth, which gives access to the thin-walled alimentary canal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Like the original Hydra, it is only a digestive tube, similar in all respects to the proboscis of a Medusa-disk. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Sometimes you can see a butterfly or moth manipulating with its proboscis as if it required readjustment in some way or other. Butterflies and Moths (British) There is also quite a decided thickening of the sub-epidermic network at the base of the proboscis, Figs. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 A sword-fish acted as head gardener; he was digging away with his proboscis as we entered, and a saw-fish was raking the flower beds. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Here the vessel splits, and each half returns along the lateral edge of the proboscis; they reunite around the oesophagus and form a single ventral vessel, which lies above the ventral nerve-cord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Bee brought the honey and water and watched closely as her father took a long, slender needle and carefully unwound the proboscis of the insect inserting it in the honey mixture. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins But possibly both these opinions are correct, the proboscis serving all three of the purposes here named. Butterflies and Moths (British) The alimentary canal in the anterior part of the collar gives off a diverticulum, which grows forward and supports the proboscis. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 Nose of adult male produced into a short tubular proboscis, ordinarily flaccid, but capable of dilatation and elongation under excitement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Echiuroids are animals of moderate size, varying roughly from one to six or seven centimetres in length, exclusive of the proboscis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Still rooted in the soil, strange faces are swelling in the mould, while the flower is a leaf surmounted by a weird, small head, the nasal organ of which is a ponderous proboscis. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar It is therefore advisable to see that the zinc is so far above the sugar that the moths are unable to reach the latter by thrusting their extended proboscides through the perforations. Butterflies and Moths (British) It is largest at the base of the proboscis immediately anterior to the heart. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 Comparative anatomy determines, from the structure of the bones of the head in the Mastodon, that it must have carried a proboscis like that of the elephant. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series This ring is involved in the growth of the proboscis, and is drawn out with it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The head is small, and supports two antennæ or feelers, composed of five joints, and between these is the proboscis, a terrible affair. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks It makes its appearance so suddenly that you first view it as an apparently motionless insect, suspended in the air, and thrusting its long proboscis into the tube of an attractive flower. Butterflies and Moths (British) The connective tissue surrounding the proboscis cavity is of a peculiar arrangement. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 But before I deal with "La Childebert," I must say a few words about Bouginier, who, contrary to my expectations, owed his fame solely to his proboscis. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections The system consists of the following parts:—A dorsal vessel applied to the alimentary canal is continued anteriorly into a median vessel, which traverses the proboscis to its tip. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Our driver gives carman a cut across his proboscis with a long lash. The History and Records of the Elephant Club They will work away with their forceps at a bit of sweetmeat, but they can absorb only liquids through their proboscides. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 These muscle bands are probably used in altering the size and shape of the proboscis. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 “Cannot say that I—” “Indeed!—why it was I who told Aristotle that, by sneezing, men expelled superfluous ideas through the proboscis.” Devil Stories An Anthology See, the under-lip is lengthened, Like a trunk or proboscis, Ending by a kind of button, Fringed with tiny moving hairs. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children These light on the lip, through inherited habit, no doubt, but immediately turn to the recurved honey-holding tip and plunge the proboscis through its slender texture, stealing the honey from flower after flower. Old Plymouth Trails Those lines of Milton were admirably applied to him by some one—“The elephant to make them sport wreathed his proboscis lithe.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Cross section through the base of the proboscis showing diverticulum wall and proboscis gland. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 Those born of parents with thicker mail, longer springs, harder proboscis, and greater daring in initiative, would doubtless be selected and encouraged, if I may say so, to go farther. An Ocean Tramp Animal forms exhibiting a long proboscis—handled group. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 He has a long thin face, with a very sun-burnt complexion, a prominent proboscis, and his hair, eyes and eyebrows are remarkably black and lustrous. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Kitty Messenger, and her mother, a golden-haired actress with a tongue like a flail in one temper, like the honey-seeking proboscis of a bee in another. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Cross section through the center of the proboscis. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 A Jamaica planter, with a nose as fiery and rubicund as that of the illuminating Bardolph, was taking his siesta after dinner, when a mosquito lighting on his proboscis, instantly flew back. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. In the second we observe a curious little animal figure, with a long curved proboscis and a body covered with annular indentations. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Rather, his lips had elongated into long sucking proboscises, while already a third pair of limbs had commenced growing from his furred-over abdomen. G-r-r-r...! "Advance at your peril!" roared the giant, twirling his proboscis, and twisting his long queue like a great black-snake. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 Longitudinal section through the base of the proboscis and collar. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 Once his proboscis is buried in the skin, the hand is opened, and he is caught, for he cannot withdraw his weapon from the now contracted skin. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand The vast head, flat on top and prolonged to a snout that was almost a proboscis, had the look of being deformed by reason of its fantastically exaggerated jowl, or lower jaw. In the Morning of Time The mosquitoes are horrible here; the proboscis is formed like a bayonet, with a hinge at the bend; they turn it down for perforation and press on it with their head, muscles, and chest. General Gordon A Christian Hero The giant, on the other hand, had managed his proboscis with admirable skill, his great object being to entwine the prince in its folds, and squeeze him to death. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 Cross section through the base of the proboscis showing thickened nerve network. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 When an Anopheles mosquito is at rest the head and proboscis are held in one line with the body and the body rests at a considerable angle to the surface on which it is standing. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Down popped the little dark proboscis speedily as thought. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition With this proboscis the beetle bores a very small hole through the husk and shell of the immature pecan to the kernel, and at the bottom deposits an egg. The Pecan and its Culture The giant seeing this, watched his opportunity, till he at length succeeded in throwing a slipping noose, made by twisting his proboscis over the head of the prince. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 It is divided into three distinct regions: the proboscis, a long club-shaped organ; the collar, a fold in the surface just behind the proboscis, and the trunk, a long cylindrical portion posterior to the collar. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 Fleas or other suctorial insects feeding on such rats take myriads of these bacilli into their stomach and get many on their proboscis. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases They get inside his dress, often in great numbers, and insert their proboscis deeply, but without pain. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The proboscis or snout is slender and as long as the body. The Pecan and its Culture The Culex has very short palpi, the name given to the projections parallel to the proboscis; while those of Anopheles are so large that it appears to have three probosces. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) If I do not employ a bell-glass or keep an assiduous watch, rarely does the shrewish Dipteron fail to alight upon my patient and explore him with her proboscis. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Just above this piercing proboscis is a pair of flat, obtuse, somewhat triangular pieces, the maxillary blades or maxillæ. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Another was pale blue, with a bright-red proboscis two inches long. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Therefore, before one grain of sugar can be got, the bee must insert its proboscis into 500 clover-tubes. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young Each of its eight legs possesses two claws, and the proboscis incloses feelers which are similarly armed. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) The proboscis is not the only organ of locomotion, being assisted by the succeeding segment of the body, the buccal segment or collar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" When the proboscis is fully inserted into the skin the tips of these maxillæ may also be embedded in the tissue and perhaps help to make the wound larger. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases The elephant thrust his proboscis into the lake, which disturbed the reflection. Moon Lore We went smash upon the rock, with a force that sent us headlong upon the deck, and Strachan staggered to his feet, bleeding profusely at the proboscis. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 For the fact is that the feet and proboscis of the common house-fly are covered with microbes of all sorts, picked up by his explorations upon every kind of filth. More Science From an Easy Chair By the waves of contraction executed by the proboscis accompanied by inflation of the collar, progression is effected, sometimes with marvellous rapidity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" They probably pass through the thin membrane connecting the labella with the proboscis and there find their way into the wound made by the puncture when the insect bites. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases The aphis punctures with its fine proboscis the sap-vessels of vegetables without any visible wound, and thus drinks the sap-juice, or vegetable chyle, as it ascends. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes In another instant there was a pungent odor in the room, and something white and moist lay over the musical proboscis of the slumbering giantess. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter In spring it perforates its silken prison, and soon makes its escape a splendid butterfly, subsisting upon the juices of the flowers obtained through its proboscis. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The name has reference to the tongue-shaped muscular proboscis by which the animal works its way through the sand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Lobes at end of proboscis of house-fly showing corrugated ridges 61 Fig. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases “It is as plain as the nose on my face,” said one intelligent skipper, who had a huge red bulbous proboscis you could have almost seen in the dark. As We Sweep Through The Deep If caught in the act the animal should not be forcibly extracted, as its proboscis may be thus broken off and remain in the skin, and give rise to pain and inflammation. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine They have no wings, and feed entirely on this cactus, sucking out its sap with their proboscis. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The elephant then, after placing his proboscis to the top of the tankard, drew up nearly the whole of the beverage. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Cross-section of proboscis of female and male mosquito 83 Fig. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Now and then he turned his proboscis to the spot where he had received the thrust of the kobaoba's horn. Popular Adventure Tales The tick sticks its proboscis into the skin and sucks blood until it is several times its natural size, and then falls off; an urticarial lesion results. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine "That is because their proboscis is armed with lancets which are sharp enough to pierce the hides of bulls and horses." Adventures of a Young Naturalist He tried his proboscis upon one curiosity after another, in vain. Rollo's Museum Its food must be in a liquid or semi-liquid state before it can be sucked through the tube leading from the lobes at the tip up through the proboscis and on into the stomach. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Who doubts that a mosquito will perch itself upon the skin of a human being, pierce it with its proboscis, and suck away until it is gorged with blood! Popular Adventure Tales He also describes another moth he saw to-day as fluttering in front of a flower without alighting on it, but hovering and thrusting its proboscis into a long-tubed flower. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The Pupa has an enormous rostrum, longer than the insect, and very thick, probably to contain the proboscis. The Emperor's Rout Even the housefly seeks the shade and hums drowsily in complicated orbits about the upper part of the room, or, with too keen proboscis, destroys my last crumb of comfort, the post-prandial nap. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science He took the roses and said, "Sanks!" very politely, then held them to his pet's gray proboscis. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Besides these, it has neither fangs, nor stings, nor proboscis, that would serve the purpose. Popular Adventure Tales Who doubts that a mosquito will perch itself upon the skin of a human being, pierce it with his proboscis, and suck away until it is gorged with blood? The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon It is known by the singular horn-shaped proboscis rising from the head and thorax, which gives it so formidable an appearance. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America They have no sting with which to defend themselves; no proboscis which is suitable for gathering honey from the flowers, and no baskets on their thighs for holding the bee-bread. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual But a study of the proboscis of the fly reveals a wonderful adaptability of the mouth-parts of this insect to their uses. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses Swarms of mosquitoes attacked us at night and with their hypodermic proboscides injected poisonous malaria in our veins, to avoid which the sleeping soldier covered his head with a blanket. Reminiscences of a Rebel Besides these, it has neither fangs, nor sting, nor proboscis, that would serve the purpose. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon On the contrary, he seemed to forget all at once that he was a captive; and thrusting his proboscis into the honeyed liquid, he set about drinking it like a good fellow. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness The proboscis monkey and the bird were also described. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics By means of this proboscis the creature is enabled to pierce the bodies of other creatures and to suck out their juices. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Seeing a fine opportunity for a strategical maneuver, I succeeded in planting a heavy blow on the proboscis of one of my tormentors, which bedizzened his vision. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive In plate cxxxiv, f, is shown a moth with extended proboscis and articulated antennæ, and in d of the same plate another form, with the proboscis inserted in a flower, is given. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 One of the species of proboscis monkeys has also been observed in Cochin China. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Capable of taking hold of anything, as the elephant does with his proboscis. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics They have a long tubular proboscis, by means of which they suck out the juices of pond-snails and other water creatures. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The elephant's great fan-shaped ears bent forward to listen, and he lowered Tippoo till he hung swinging at the end of the huge proboscis. Adventures in Many Lands It is evidently similar to that figured in a of the same plate, and has representations of antennæ and extended proboscis, the latter organ placed as if extracting honey from the flower. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 In fact, it plays the part of the elephant’s proboscis to a limited degree. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Now every fellow knows what a proboscis monkey is, as he did not before except by name. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics It is not its tongue, however; it is a tubular proboscis, and is very strong and muscular, and unlike the soft body of the animal. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The mouth parts of the sucking insects are drawn out to form a sucking tube or proboscis as in case of the butterfly or mosquito. An Elementary Study of Insects The tick produces great irritation by boring into the skin with its armed proboscis. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse With this proboscis, his good purpose, and the cup, the justice went the following morning to the house between the olive trees and the African acacias. The Broken Cup The trees were alive with monkeys of several kinds, though the proboscis tribe seemed to be in the majority. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics I have kept planariæ under observation, and seen them drive this proboscis through each other. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Their heads are armed with large tusks and formidable teeth, and the male has the power of elongating the upper lip into the form of a proboscis, from which circumstance they are called sea-elephants. Old Jack Fistula: a slender tube: specifically applied to the channel formed by the union of the two parts of proboscis in Lepidoptera. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology The pollen of this flower can only be removed by the base of the proboscis of some very large moths, when trying to get at the nectar at the bottom of the vessel. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays The sucking-disk at the end of my proboscis looks like a twisted pewter plate.” The Adventures of Maya the Bee He even uncurled his slender saffron proboscis, and toasted his divinity in the sap of the oak-leaf. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The butterfly, which lives on nectar in the depths of the flowers, has a long, coiled tube which scientists call a proboscis. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies The most striking ones were the proboscis monkey, the face being not unlike that of an old man with an extremely long nose, with whiskers around the neck. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages I have carefully measured the proboscis of a specimen of Macrosila cluentius from South America, in the collection of the British Museum, and find it to be nine inches and a quarter long! Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays What do you want to know about human beings?—Never mind about my proboscis being out of joint. The Adventures of Maya the Bee My! what a cropper you must have come down when you got that dab on your proboscis!” The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers These two grooves fit together, and make a slender tube called a proboscis. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies It is not much larger than the common house-fly, and sucks the blood in the same manner as the mosquito, by means of a proboscis with which it punctures the skin. The Gorilla Hunters A species having a proboscis two or three inches longer could reach the nectar in the largest flowers of Angræcum sesquipedale, whose nectaries vary in length from ten to fourteen inches. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Then the end of the injured proboscis was smoothed and patted by the cook. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands “That the man with the proboscis, who struts when he walks, and snivels when he speaks, desires a favour of your highness.” The Pirate City An Algerine Tale When our travellers arrived, it ran up to them, entwining its little proboscis round their legs, and showing its delight at finding somebody. The Mission; or Scenes in Africa The unwieldy elephant, To make them mirth, used all his might, and wreathed His lithe proboscis. The King's Own He uttered the most terrific screams in his agony, now bending his huge proboscis under him into the ground, now lifting it high in air; now pressing one cheek, now the other, on the earth. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Tom Rogers suddenly awoke; a mosquito had fixed its sharp proboscis in his nose. The Three Lieutenants Hundreds of buffalo and zebras grazed on the open spaces, and there stood feeding two majestic elephants, each slowly moving its proboscis. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley It was very long, and the upper lip or snout was lengthened into a kind of proboscis, which looked as if it might grow up into the trunk of an elephant. On the Banks of the Amazon The doctor did so; and the conductor, speaking to the elephant, the proboscis of the sagacious animal immediately handed up the one pointed out, to his conductor, who passed it to Macallan. The King's Own One kept curling up his proboscis and letting it fly open again with the greatest rapidity. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Once more angrily elevating its tail, and sounding its shrill trumpet, it rushed towards the fallen tree, and buried its long proboscis among the branches. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Now and then he turned his proboscis to the spot where he had received the thrust of the kobaoba’s horn. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family I again drew near very slowly, and again she sailed away, but the third time she gained confidence enough to reach out her proboscis and taste the honey, and finally crept upon my finger. Wild Nature Won By Kindness The nose occupied almost the whole middle of the face and was not really a nose—it developed into a small and active proboscis. Spacehounds of IPC Eyes bright red; proboscis a little longer than the thorax; antennæ and legs black; wings slightly greyish, veins black; halteres tawny. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology It was not that he liked Ossaroo better, or would have more bitterly lamented his fate, had the latter perished by the proboscis of the elephant. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" With the notochord he homologised the supporting rod in the proboscis of Balanoglossus, which like the notochord arises from the dorsal wall of the archenteron, and has a vacuolated structure. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology That is not a bill; that is a proboscis, I believe. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs By the butterflies and moths the food is taken in a liquid form—honey procured from flowers—by means of a most marvellously complex 'tongue' or 'proboscis.' Chatterbox, 1905. Harry rubbed the libeled proboscis, pawed at his mustache and fidgeted in his chair. The Cross-Cut Besides, the elephant was between them and it, and to retreat in that direction would be to run point blank upon its proboscis! The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" In some insects, he says, the proboscis combines the functions of a tongue and a sting, in others the tongue and the sting are quite separate. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology It uses its proboscis, that nose-like hand which Nature has given it in compensation for its very short neck, for the benefit of its master, accepting the presents which will be profitable to him. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation One little month ago, the knife of that skilful chirurgeon pared it down to the dimensions of a Christian proboscis. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 The bug is provided with a proboscis, which when at rest lies along the inferior side of the thorax, and through which it sucks the blood of man, the sole food of this species. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" At length the upturned head and smooth protuberant jaws sank beneath the surface; and only the proboscis appeared, standing erect out of the water like a gigantic Bologna sausage. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" They are met at the sides by the lateral longitudinal muscles, which blend, and their fibres run the whole length of the proboscis down to the extremity. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon He perched his nose-glasses far down on his pointed proboscis, and glared over them in a way he had when he was endeavoring to appear very impressive before a class. Frank Merriwell's Chums The retort happily hit the mark, for the fellow was the possessor of a richly tinted proboscis of carmine hue, that was somewhat of a landmark in the village. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World It has a less powerful proboscis than the Malay species. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Again, seeing a flea on the same flaming proboscis, the doughty knight affirmed it was "a black soul burning in hell fire." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life In fact, Captain Flanger seemed to be more disturbed at the accident to his proboscis, than by the failure of his quixotic scheme to capture the Bronx. Stand By The Union No proboscis can pierce that pachydermatous hide of his. Post-Prandial Philosophy Its proboscis is developed to draw blood freely, and it is always in working order. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls It settled on a chip of wood, uncoiled its delicate proboscis, and spread its fulvous and deeply indented wings. Police!!! Next, as a mouse, it crept up an elephant's sinewy proboscis to the soul's bedchamber, the brain, and, gnawing the life cords there, died, crushed in the ruins of the gigantic beast. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Whether the proboscis is at work or not the song is never interrupted. Social Life in the Insect World The body cilia are not thickly placed except around the proboscis. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 Its recoiling proboscis and its slim, fawn-coloured legs quivered. The Danger Mark Long before his death a sphinx moth arrived from South Brazil which shows a proboscis between ten and eleven inches long—very nearly equal, therefore, to the task of probing the nectary of Angræcum sesquipidale. About Orchids A Chat His waist was very slim, his wings were very rich, and he was curling and uncurling his proboscis languidly. The Garden of the Plynck When its reservoir is exhausted by the conversion of dry dust into mud the miner descends to its chamber, thrusts its proboscis into the root, and drinks deep from the vat built into the wall. Social Life in the Insect World The contractile vacuole is terminal, the proboscis is short, slightly raised and separated from the body by a deep cleft; the buccal cilia are inserted part way up on the proboscis. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 Then she arranged the legs, uncoiled and set the proboscis, and weighted the wings with heavy glass strips. The Danger Mark With their long trunk, or proboscis, they can perform almost everything which man can with his hands. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Buffaloes again bitten by tsetse, and by another fly exactly like the house-fly, but having a straight hard proboscis instead of a soft one; other large flies make the blood run. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 One audacious individual so far forgot himself under my eyes as to seize her proboscis, endeavouring to extract it from the well! Social Life in the Insect World The entire mouth region of the body is usually drawn out into an elongate tapering proboscis which is generally curved dorsally at the extremity. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 In Italian, Policinello is a little flea, active and biting and skipping; and his mask puce-colour, the nose imitating in shape the flea's proboscis. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Moreover, the horse at least has to some slight extent a prehensile organ in his very mobile and sensitive lip, which he uses like an undeveloped or rudimentary proboscis to feel things all over with. Science in Arcady Also many different sorts of medusa, particularly tubes of about 0.5 inches in length, with an apparatus shaped like a proboscis at one extremity of it. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 The proboscis thrust into the bark, they drink, motionless. Social Life in the Insect World Mouth runs the entire length of proboscis; entire body uniformly ciliated Genus Amphileptus b. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 The organ, which the female mosquito alone employs on her victims, is called a trunk, or proboscis. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader The elephant is indeed endued with a fine sense of feeling at the extremity of his proboscis, and hence has acquired much more accurate ideas of touch and of sight than most other creatures. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Then I met uncle, and telling him that I had a wonderful box of antiques to exhibit, he gave me sixpence, and with great curiosity poked his proboscis against the glass. Gladys, the Reaper Did they halt in order to take a little nourishment by implanting their proboscis? Social Life in the Insect World Mouth runs the entire length of proboscis; body flat; right side only is ciliated Genus *Lionotus c. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 If one of them by his proboscis was not evidently an elephant, I should suppose them the supporters of the Scotch arms. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 He has two large tusks, which form the ivory of commerce, and a trunk, or proboscis, at the end of the nose, which he uses to take his food with, and for attack or defense. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader The annelid had teeth or claws attached to the proboscis. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 It has been estimated that the busy bee inserts its proboscis into flowers 3,600,000 times to obtain a single pound of honey. Certain Success A long peristome stretches down the thin, ventral side of the proboscis, and the mouth proper is situated at the junction of the proboscis and body; the mouth, as a rule, is invisible. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 On the proboscis being withdrawn, the two pollinia stand erect and parallel, firmly attached to the proboscis. Darwinism (1889) Being desired to pick it up, he stretched out his proboscis several times to reach it; failing in this, he stood motionless a few seconds, evidently considering how to act. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader His aquiline nose, always bearing a resemblance to an eagle's beak, was rendered even more like that aristocratic proboscis by reason of the down-drawn tip, consequent upon the odd pursing of his tightly-compressed lips. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest The royal proboscis, that once uprooted trees, now begs for peanuts. The Congo and Coasts of Africa The nose was not prolonged into a proboscis or "trunk," as in the existing Elephants; and the tail was short and slender. The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science Nothing could equal the surprise of his majesty and the courtiers, when the dear little creature arrived with the elephant's proboscis hanging out of its divine little bill. Hieroglyphic Tales He then stretched his proboscis in a straight line as far as he could, a little distance above the coin, and blew with great force against the wall. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader She flits from guest to guest, shooting out to each a little proboscis, as it were, and happy if its point touches a speck of honey. At a Winter's Fire The Insects with a proboscis include some beautiful butterflies with their painted wings; gnats; and, to the horror of many female visitors, bugs. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Snugly ensconced behind his proboscis, he revels in its shadow, receiving tributes of attention wherever he goes. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II No doubt in this particular character there is a necessity, and, therefore, a justification for a built-up nose; but more than one actor has failed to fight successfully against the artificial proboscis of Cyrano. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" On the side borders, he is receiving the attack of a lion on his arm, covered with a mantle; and then, with a raised sword, cutting at the proboscis of an elephant. Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 Their cry when in pain, or when subjected to compulsion, is a grunt or a deep groan from the throat, with the proboscis curled upwards and the lips wide apart. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon Also the trunk, snout, or proboscis of the elephant is armed with a sword fastened to it, two cubits long, very strong, and a handbreadth in width. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 When our travelers arrived, it ran up to them, entwining its little proboscis round their legs, and showing its delight at finding somebody. The Mission The next morning we had caught twenty specimens of a new white-bellied meadow vole and a remarkable shrew with a long curved proboscis. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China So iris and proboscis, which we make regular; and perhaps some of the foregoing may be made so too. The Grammar of English Grammars One of them, a round one, fell on the floor, just out of the reach of his proboscis. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 543, Saturday, April 21, 1832. To touch with unhallowed proboscis the immaculate lip of beauty, the unprotected scalp of old age, the savoury glories of the kitchen? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828 Prosecuting my observations along the upper surface, I next came to the proboscis, which suggested the idea of a Bologna sausage after a passage through a cotton-press. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The next instant, the foot meanwhile having made a small advance, the proboscis unfolds again, the makes another sweep, and again the whole is withdrawn; and this proceeds with great regularity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 A curious thing is this proboscis, when seen through the magnifier. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S They have a very singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted from a pore in the front of the head. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O The labial palpi are usually large, and the proboscis, when not in use, can be coiled up spirally between them. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section D and E The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S He pokes his meddlesome proboscis into everything and gives oodles of advice, unasked. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 We see the minute proboscis of the insect carefully adjusted to fit into the calyx of the flower, the most microscopic hair and gland each with its definite purposeful function to perform. The Stark Munro Letters Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H Each consists of a prolongation of the syncytial material of the proboscis skin, penetrated by canals and sheathed with a scanty muscular coat. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It fixes its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the blood, leaving a swelling. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S And now this erstwhile seneschal of the Buffalo Beast, this pitiful stool-hopper for the d—est fool that ever disgraced the presidency, turns up his beefy proboscis at the intellectuality of the Bryanites. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 To a man of philosophic temperament like myself the blood-tick, with its lancet-like proboscis and its distending stomach, is as beautiful a work of Nature as the peacock or, for that matter, the aurora borealis. The Lost World The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H A, The larva of Echinorhynchus proteus from the body cavity of Phoxinus laevis, with the proboscis retracted and the whole still enclosed in a capsule. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 I frequently slapped them to kill them, sometimes I caught them, in that case they were apt to lose their heads, proboscis and all. The Bark Covered House It swims freely about, a transparent, umbrella-like disk, with a proboscis hanging from the lower side, which, to complete the comparison, we may call the handle of the umbrella. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Apart from his ungainly build, he has fiery red hair, high, prominent cheek bones, a receding forehead, and a proboscis of the kind which the French call a nose in the air. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H The canals of the proboscis open ultimately into a circular vessel which runs round its base. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "A forfeit is sufficient punishment," said the President; who, however, still felt the smarting effect of the assault on his proboscis. Vivian Grey His wife, in pure white linen, feeds the elephant, and plays with his lithe proboscis,--the mother of Terah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, David, and Christ. Slavery Ordained of God Attracted by the showy, broad lower petal, his wings ever in rapid motion, the moth proceeds to unroll his proboscis and drain the cup that is frequently an inch and a half deep. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing After 8-10 days they insert the proboscis into the cactus, and never stir till gathered. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I The central ganglion of the nervous system lies in the proboscis sheath or septum. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The proboscis of the Grand Duke heaved to and fro like the trunk of an enraged elephant. Vivian Grey He was not, however, handsome, for he had a pasty, grayish complexion, thin lank hair, almost no beard, and a long nose suggesting a proboscis. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire This parasite is characterized by a hooked proboscis or thorn at its anterior extremity, and the absence of a distinct digestive tract. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Richard had turned the crank and Robin had held down each official proboscis, and the board had winced. Under the Skylights There is a ``stay'' called the ``ligament'' which runs from the hinder end of the proboscis sheath to the posterior end of the body. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 No, not one—not even the proboscis of a fly has been left sticking in it. Fan : the story of a young girl's life The youth whom nature had endowed with somewhat lengthy nose was drawn by the caricaturists with a prodigious proboscis. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family It is usually found with its proboscis or thorn imbedded in the wall of the small intestine. Common Diseases of Farm Animals His face was good, his hair dark, forehead without a wrinkle, high and massive, eyes bright and sparkling, nose neither fine nor dumpy—a fair enough proboscis as noses go. Tom Cringle's Log B, The proboscis of one still more highly magnified. means of an oviduct. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It leaves a little reddish brown spot, which is extravased and coagulated blood, where their proboscis has pierced the skin. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 One swallow does not make a summer; nor does one youth with a vernal proboscis convince a skeptical public that it is enjoying the fearful companionship of a subversive and revolutionary cult. From a Bench in Our Square The mouth parts consist of a tubular, toothed proboscis with which the parasite punctures the skin and sucks the blood. Common Diseases of Farm Animals He can contract and extend this proboscis at pleasure, and is able to toss a man with it as far as a sling can throw a stone. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The proboscis bears rings of recurved hooks arranged in horizontal rows, and it is by means of these hooks that the animal attaches itself to the tissues of its host. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The zancudo, the proboscis of which contains a sharp-pointed sucker, causes the most acute pain, and a swelling that remains several weeks. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 But when a fly inserts its proboscis between these anthers to plunder the honey, they converge closer, and with such violence as to detain the fly, which thus generally perishes. The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. Its sting is hardly so annoying as that of the mosquito, but near the base of its proboscis is a little bag containing the fatal poison. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents Strange that the little donkeys should alone for a time at least escape the fly; it is their soft thick coats that defeats the searching proboscis. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign Like the body, the proboscis is hollow, and its cavity is separated from the body cavity by a septum or proboscis sheath. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It was covered with a very fine skin, and served as a proboscis. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The captain at first would not hear of the proposal because of Darwin's nose, a typical pituitary proboscis. The Glands Regulating Personality The subsequent fight raged gorily for five minutes odd, and then Wilson, who seems to be a professional pugilist in disguise, landed what my informant describes as three corkers on his opponent's proboscis. A Prefect's Uncle They are mottled grey in colour, and their proboscis sticks out straight in front. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign Traversing the cavity of the proboscis are muscle-strands inserted into the tip of the proboscis at one end and into the septum at the other. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Their proboscis is so long that, when they fix on the lower surface of a hammock, they pierce through it and the thickest garments with their sting. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The consequence thereof, beloved," said Bothwell, in the same tone of raillery, "will be, firstly, that I will tweak thy proboscis or nose. Old Mortality, Volume 1. This proboscis is also supplied with a projecting tooth, with which the fly makes a puncture, and so drinks blood. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Each Statue, too, of Pitt turn'd up the point Of its proboscis—was that out of joint? The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe Except for the absence of the longitudinal fibres the skin of the proboscis resembles that of the body, but the fluid-containing tubules of the latter are shut off from those of the body. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It is the grub of a curious beetle, which has a proboscis of such form as suggested the creole appellation, léfant: the "elephant." Two Years in the French West Indies She went into the great picture gallery, where hung the portraits of the Scottish kings—each mother's royal son painted with a large curled proboscis—"a nose like a door-knocker," as someone described it. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths The red clover yields up its stores only to the longer proboscis of the bumblebee, else the bee pasturage of our agricultural districts would be unequaled. Locusts and Wild Honey She had it firmly gripped by the proboscis, and she was shrieking with delight. A Fool and His Money B, A section through the same; a, the invaginated proboscis; b, proboscis sheath; c, beginning of the neck; d, lemniscus. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 One black and red species in the forest, if taken in the hand, would thrust its sharp proboscis into the skin, and produce a pain worse than the sting of a wasp. The Naturalist in Nicaragua One cannot say what gemmules of thigh and proboscis may not have got into the neutral bees’ stomachs, if they assimilate their food sufficiently, and thus into the larva. Life and Habit The full-grown bulls attain to a length of twenty feet, and have a fleshy proboscis about eight or ten inches in length hanging over the mouth, suggesting the trunk of an elephant. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I mean no harm; a little mischief only; and, at most, a tweak of one proboscis or more. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story The body is divisible into a proboscis and a trunk with sometimes an intervening neck region. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 In both instances that I witnessed, the bug was on a leaf up a shrub, with the bulky beetle hanging over suspended on its proboscis. The Naturalist in Nicaragua The neuter bees are also, if I understand rightly, furnished with a proboscis or trunk for extracting honey from flowers, whereas the fertile bees, who gather no honey, have no such proboscis. Life and Habit This is because the sphinx hawk-moth is the favourite visitor of that flower, and comes at nightfall, guided by the strong scent, to suck out the honey with its long proboscis, and carry the pollen-dust. The Fairy-Land of Science How fares your old trunk? does your nose still stand fast? an allusion to the proboscis or trunk of an elephant. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue The black proboscis, however, the simply a hollow sheath, which encloses, when not in the act of biting, four reddish and sharp lancets. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The next picture was a sort of enlarged and elongated house fly, apparently, of sombre grey color, with a narrow body, thick proboscis and wings that overlapped like the blades of a pair of shears. The Dream Doctor His crafty features grew satanic; his long fleshy nose squirmed like the proboscis of one of Orcagna's fiends. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel But we have no space for a description of this eternal proboscis. The Fiend's Delight Once he walked through the streets of —-, with this proboscis attached to his face. Roughing It in the Bush The pollen thus collected lies close beneath the stigma, but can seldom gain access into its cavity, except by the aid of insects, which pass their proboscides down this passage into the nectary. Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom Why, gentlemen," said he, "of course, you cannot smell any further than the blossoms on the tips of your noses, but the young man has a sharp proboscis, he scents the girls. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales There was also pollen on the chin, and, it may be presumed, on the proboscis, but this was difficult to observe. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species The Palaeothere above alluded to resembled the living tapir in the form of the head, and in having a short proboscis, but its molar teeth were more like those of the rhinoceros. The Student's Elements of Geology On the other hand, the Butterfly, a nectar-drinker, makes not the least enquiry into the savoury qualities of the leafage; at most dipping her proboscis into the flowers, she abstracts a mouthful of syrup. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The pollen adheres to the head or proboscis of the bee which is at work, and is thus placed either on the stigma of the same flower, or is carried to another flower. Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom The nerves of the trunk are peculiarly sensitive, and although the skin is thick, the smallest substance can be discovered, and picked up by the tiny proboscis at the extremity. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 The worst flies were the small grey species, with a long proboscis, similar to those that are often seen in houses in England. Ismailia Only a moment, and the unfortunate creature is absolutely dead, proboscis outstretched and limbs relaxed. Fabre, Poet of Science Daily she visits my snakes, takes note of the condition of each of them, savors them with her proboscis, goes away, comes back, takes her time and at last proceeds to business. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography The red clover yields up its stores only to the longer proboscis of the bumble-bee, else the bee pasturage of our agricultural districts would be unequaled. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers I then, advancing, took the proboscis of his elephant, and turning it against the rider, struck him repeatedly with the extremity of it on either side of the head, until I at length dismounted him. The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Nose of fly and gnat's proboscis, Throng not the naked beauty! Faust — Part 1 |
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