English
proboscidate
From Latin proboscis (proboscid- in compounds) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Formed from proboscis + -ate
Ancient Greek βοτάνη ‘grass, fodder’
Ancient Greek βόσκω ‘to nourish, feed’
Ancient Greek προβοσκίς ‘elephant's trunk’
Latin proboscis
English proboscis
Today it means
adj Having, or shaped like, a proboscis.
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Etymograph / proboscidate