hawknose

[hawk-nohz]

noun

a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.

Origin of hawknose

1525–35; back formation from hawk-nosed; see hawk¹, nose, -ed³

Related formshawk·nosed, adjective

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Historical Examples of hawknose

Hawknose kill much that winter; Hawknose hunt with Injins up north; then come back to crick.
With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga
W. Bert Foster