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shovelnose

noun

Etymology

From shovel + nose.

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

Definitions

  1. The common sand shark.

  2. A small California shark (Notorynchus cepedianus).

  3. A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus griseus).

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio…

      A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon.

    2. A type of Native American canoe.

    3. A type of streamlined railway locomotive.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA