tube-nosed
Americanadjective
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having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
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(of a petrel or similar bird) having extended tubelike nostrils.
Example Sentences
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Species with white coats for camouflage—like snowshoe hares and snowy owls—could be at higher risk of predation, while polar bears and Ussurian tube-nosed bats may have fewer options to build their snowy dens.
From National Geographic • Jan. 17, 2024
As I have found in my own research, tube-nosed seabirds are highly skilled at seeking out plastic debris, which may smell like a good place to find food because of algae that coats it in the water.
From Scientific American • Mar. 22, 2023
This tube-nosed creature has been "up-listed" from "vulnerable" to "endangered".
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021
The mammal gained its nickname due to a likeness to the Star Wars character, but a University of York biologist has named it the hamamas tube-nosed fruit bat after the Papuan word for 'happy'.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2017
The albatross, petrel, and a gull-like bird called a shearwater belong to the "tube-nosed swimmers," on account of their curious long beaks.
From Stories of California by Sexton, Ella M.
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