Zoological term for an elongated, tubular mouthpart or snout, such as that of a butterfly, mosquito, or elephant.
The butterfly's proboscis extends long to suck nectar from flowers.
young and inexperienced person; greenhorn
snout beetle
introvert; eversible proboscis
The kanji 吻 is composed of 口 (mouth) and 勿 (a phonetic component), and has historically been used in Chinese and Japanese to refer to the lips or the area around the mouth. In modern Japanese, it is primarily used in zoological contexts to mean proboscis or snout.