What does proboscidate mean?
Proboscidate means (chiefly zoology) Having, or shaped like, a proboscis..
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/pɹəˈbɒsɪdeɪt/ · adjective
(chiefly zoology) Having, or shaped like, a proboscis..
The visitor [...] returned several times to the pictures of little Armande in her bath, pressing a proboscidate rubber toy to her shiny stomach or standing up, dimple-bottomed, to be lathered.
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Proboscidate means (chiefly zoology) Having, or shaped like, a proboscis..
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The visitor [...] returned several times to the pictures of little Armande in her bath, pressing a proboscidate rubber toy to her shiny stomach or standing up, dimple-bottomed, to be lathered.
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