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bluntnose

noun

Etymology

From blunt + nose.

  1. derived from *néh₂s-✻
  2. inherited from *nosu✻
  3. inherited from nosu
  4. inherited from nose
  5. compounded as bluntnose — “blunt + nose”

Definitions

  1. An animal with a blunt nose.

    • These crested Bluntnoses we found upon all the islands. The slightly crested Bluntnose we found only on Albemarle and Indefatigable.
    • The Bluntnoses (lizards) were more shy than we had expected.

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