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shovel-nosed

American  
[shuhv-uhl-nohzd] / ˈʃʌv əlˌnoʊzd /

adjective

  1. having the head, snout, or beak broad and flat like the blade of a shovel.


Etymology

Origin of shovel-nosed

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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SHOVEL-NOSED STURGEONThis fish is covered with bony plates instead of scales.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

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