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proboscis 1. a long flexible prehensile trunk or snout, as of an elephant 2. the elongated mouthparts of certain insects, adapted for piercing or sucking food 3. any similar part or organ proboscis [prə′bäs·kəs] (invertebrate zoology) A tubular organ of varying form and function on a large number of invertebrates, such as insects, annelids, and tapeworms. (vertebrate zoology) The flexible, elongated snout of certain mammals. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This training teaches the bees to stick out their proboscises whenever they smell an explosive-alerting trainers that a bomb is nearby. A minute later, the bees from the warmest pupahood were most likely to associate the scent cue with the treat and stick out their tonguelike proboscises in response to a puff of citronella odor. On days 7 and 14 after infection, mosquitoes were immobilized by exposure to triethylamine and their proboscises were inserted into a capillary tube containing a 1:1 FBS and 10% sucrose solution for 10 min (31). |
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