προβοσκίς
ίδος, ἡ
A.
means of providing food:
I.
elephant's trunk, Arist. PA 659a15, Phylarch. 36J., Plb. 3.46.12, Agatharch. 71, Str. 15.1.43.
b.
fly's proboscis, Arist. HA 528b29.
II.
pl., tentacles of the decapod cephalopoda, ib.523b30, PA 685a33.