A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking.iktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: proboscis (Noun). An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. proboscis (Noun). Informally, a large human nose.
There can only be 435 members in the House of Representatives. Each state must have at least one representative. These states have only one each: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, â¦ North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. California has the most with 53 representatives.
However, every state is constitutionally guaranteed at least one seat. The number of voting seats in the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, and has been since 1913, excluding a temporary increase to 437 after the admissions of Alaska and Hawaii into the Union. The total number of state members is capped by the Reapportionment Act of 1929.