shortnose

American  

[shawrt-nohz] / ˈʃɔrtˌnoʊz /

Or short-nose

adjective

1. relating to or being a creature, especially a fish, that has a relatively short snout, such as the shortnose sturgeon, gar, or sucker.

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noun

1. a creature, especially a fish, having a relatively short snout, such as the shortnose sturgeon, gar, or sucker.

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shortnose

They included $100 million to install large machines that inject extra oxygen into the river to ensure endangered shortnose sturgeon and other species can breathe.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

Three gar species are native to Kansas, the longnose, shortnose and spotted gar.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

The shortnose sturgeon, listed endangered for nearly 50 years, has returned to the portion of the Penobscot River that is beyond the former Veazie Dam, a central Maine structure removed in 2013, the scientists said.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2015

The shortnose grows to four feet, the Atlantic to 12.

From New York Times ● May 29, 2014

The shortnose gar is common in the Kansas River but seems less inclined than the longnose gar to ascend small streams.

From Fishes of the Wakarusa River in Kansas by James E. Deacon