Definition of "promuscis" []

• The proboscis of hemipterous insects. (noun)

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• "[Footnote 696: Cassiodorus calls it 'promuscis.'] 'When it comes to water it sucks up in its trunk a vast quantity, which at the word of command it squirts forth like a shower."