προβοσκ-ίς,ίδος,ἡ,
A. means of providing food:
I. elephant'strunk,
Arist. PA 659a15 , Phylarch. 36J. , Plb. 3.46.12 , Agatharch. 71 , Str. 15.1.43 .
b. fly'sproboscis,
Arist. HA 528b29 .
II. pl.,tentaclesof the decapod cephalopoda, ib. 523b30 , PA 685a33 .