shovelnose

[ shuhv-uhl-nohz ]

noun
  1. any of various animals with a shovellike snout or head, as a guitarfish, Rhinobatos productus, of California.

Origin of shovelnose

1
An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; shovel + nose

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British Dictionary definitions for shovelnose

shovelnose

/ (ˈʃʌvəlˌnəʊz) /


noun
  1. an American freshwater sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, having a broad shovel-like snout

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