Example Sentences

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He boasts that he recently shot a tapir, a large snouted mammal, taking half to his family, and he proudly shows off his bow and arrow, skillfully made of local wood and fiber.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 4, 2015

From top to bottom: Short-faced exantho, Whedon's snouted stretchwaran, Crested ardewaran.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2013

Studland Bay is the only site in the UK where both spiny and short snouted seahorses are breeding, according to Dorset Wildlife Trust.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2012

Mutual mate choice in the deep snouted pipefish Syngnathus typhle.

From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2012

Archie lifted the snouted, fox-size skull until it was side by side with his own face.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli