| 单词 | proboscis |
| 释义 | proboscis noun[C] biologyspecializeduk/prəˈbɒs.ɪs/us/proʊˈbɑː.sɪs/pluralproboscesthelongnoseof someanimals, or thelongtube-likemouthof someinsects: （动物的）长鼻；（昆虫的）喙An elephant'strunkis a proboscis.象鼻很长。 The head & neck of non-human animals
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: The development & parts of insects Examplesofproboscisproboscis The immune response mounted by fish hosts is unspecific and essentially limited to the formation of a haemocyte capsule around the worm'sproboscis. From theCambridge English Corpus Flies were dissected 27-46 days later and the midgut,proboscisand salivary glands of each fly were examined for the presence of trypanosomes. From theCambridge English Corpus The four proboscides and the two bothridia are fully formed, and the former are often protruded. From theCambridge English Corpus The leech still continues to harbour the trypanosomes; others present in the gut succeed those that disappear from theproboscisafter each feed. From theCambridge English Corpus In both larvae and adults the distal portion of the reversible scolex proboscides bears small microtriches, 0-25 /ira long. From theCambridge English Corpus Cystacanths are encased in an envelope, and, with theirproboscisinvaginated, their overall body shape is roughly ovoid. From theCambridge English Corpus He therefore concluded that the mode of infection is contaminative through the tick's excreta and not active through itsproboscis. From theCambridge English Corpus An aphid was recorded feeding if it was stationary with itsproboscisinserted into the plant and its antennae pointing backwards. From theCambridge English Corpus The flea does not infect the rat through itsproboscis, and the parasites are not found in the flea's salivary glands. From theCambridge English Corpus The palpi of the male are seven-tenths as long as theproboscis, the antennae plumose and about half as long as theproboscis. From theCambridge English Corpus An apical view of theproboscisshows a central depression with 18 longitudinal rows with eight hooks in each row (fig. 1a,b). From theCambridge English Corpus The trypanosomes disappear from the fly'sproboscisvery soon after the insect has partaken of infected blood. From theCambridge English Corpus Proboscis: basal half shining coppery, apical half dark without metallic lustre. From theCambridge English Corpus There could be a gene for having a long nectar tube in the flowers and a gene for a longproboscisin the bees. From theCambridge English Corpus Palpi a bit less than one-third as long asproboscis, the latter as long as fore femora. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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