proboscidate

English

Etymology

From Latin proboscis (proboscid- in compounds) +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈbɒsɪdeɪt/, /pɹəˈbɒsɪdət/

Adjective

proboscidate (comparative more proboscidate, superlative most proboscidate)

1. (chiefly zoology) Having, or shaped like, a proboscis.
   • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, pages 40–1:

     The visitor [...] returned several times to the pictures of little Armande in her bath, pressing a proboscidate rubber toy to her shiny stomach or standing up, dimple-bottomed, to be lathered.