shovelnose
English
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.
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References
- “shovelnose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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