proboscis

Meaning

Noun

• An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
• A large or lengthy human nose.

Origin

• From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς literally "means for taking food," from προ- + βόσκω, from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη.