snout
noun
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
snouts
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pluralof snout.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They have thick gray bodies, small heads and short, rounded snouts.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
But that shows how keen they are to get their snouts in the trough of Musk’s future equity sales.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
The malleability of the dog genome allows for enormous physical variety, she explained, meaning that breeders can push features to extremes—squashing snouts, piling on wrinkles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Instead, they swim sideways, spend much of their time underwater, have long snouts and are almost completely blind.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
The dolphin-men opened their snouts and made whistling, popping noises.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
