Proboscis
in example sentence
They land on the flower, stick their tongue in there, called a
proboscis
, and drink sugar water.
More example sentences with word proboscis
This is a plant here that insects in South Africa just love, and they've evolved with a long
proboscis
to get the nectar at the bottom.
The siphoning mouthpart, a friendlier version of the piercing and sucking beak, also consists of a long, tube-like structure called a
proboscis
that works like a straw to suck up nectar from flowers.
And finally, the chewing-lapping mouthpart is a combination of mandibles and a
proboscis
with a tongue-like structure at its tip for lapping up nectar.
You drive on to a
proboscis.
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