shovelnose
English
Etymology
shovel + nose
Noun
shovelnose (plural shovelnoses)
- The common sand shark.
- A small California shark (Notorynchus cepedianus).
- A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus griseus).
- A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon.
- A type of Native American canoe.
- A type of streamlined railway locomotive.
Related terms
- shovelnose frog
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for shovelnose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)