elephant trunk
Gray giant's snout
The long, flexible, muscular appendage extending from an elephant's face, formed from the nose and upper lip fused together.
The trunk serves as a versatile tool for breathing, smelling, drinking, grasping food, and social interaction.
Elephants use their trunks to spray water, strip leaves from branches, and greet other elephants: The elephant curled its trunk around the branch.
Adapted for grasping
- gripSecure manual hold
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- coilWound circular arrangement
Underwater breathing pipe
- inhaleDraw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- nostrilsBreathing holes in face
sniff · blow · spray · dust · water · respiration · nasal · breathe
Sense of scent detection
- smellOlfactory perception
- sniffBrief nasal inhalation
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- detectingPerceiving something present
pheromones · chemical · sensory · recognition · communication · musky · whiff · locate
prehensile
Adapted for grasping
- gripSecure manual hold
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
coil · curl · lift · hold · clasp · fetch · pick · pinch · wrap · extend
snorkel
Underwater breathing pipe
nostrils · sniff · blow · spray · dust · water · respiration · nasal · breathe · submerge
olfaction
Sense of scent detection
detecting · pheromones · chemical · sensory · recognition · communication · musky · whiff · locate · identity
touch
Perceiving through physical contact
bonding · comfort · reassurance · calves · herd · mother · affection · intertwine · stroke · nurturing
trumpet
Valved brass wind instrument
call · vocalization · warning · greeting · roar · resonance · vibration · communication · honk · snort
- Trunkstorso, bole, main stem
- prehensile partsmonkey tail, tentacle, opposable thumb
- Tornadoestornado, twister, funnel cloud, funnel, vortex
- science experimentsvolcano model, color change, slime making, baking soda volcano, lemon battery
- Cockney slangapples and pears, boat race, mince pies, porky pies, rhyming slang
- Ganeshatusks, large ears, idol, tusk, pot belly