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proboscis sentence examples

  • Test out a mosquito's long proboscis or a white cockatoo's plumage.
  • Yes, each insect has a very long proboscis, designed to reach deep into flowers to the nectar.
  • Looking down at the palm of her hand, she saw an insect with a long proboscis, oozing blood, her own blood.
  • Proboscis monkeys are named for their large, round noses.
  • Head the head holds the eyes and the antennae and the nectar sipping tongue called the proboscis.
  • When touched, the expandable proboscis recoiled under a rock.
  • Proboscis recoiled under a rock.
  • Parallel evolution even led to the evolution of a short proboscis similar to that found in tapirus.

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