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Originally posted by Chief'sDad
where in the world did you run into that word before, and where in the world are you going to use the plural form? It's not like elephant trunks come up in everyday conversation.
FYI, I'll defer to your dictionary. I just grabbed what was handy.
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I think my first encounter was in the encyclopedia set we had when I was growing up. It had a picture of a Proboscis monkey. It was quite a memorable photograph.
True, elephant proboscides don't come up as the topic of conversation very often, but proboscis is also the term for the mouth parts of mosquitoes and butterflies. And how about the schnozzes of people like Jimmy Durante?
