Definition of snout

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Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.

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Tubular :: Tubular (a.) Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes..
Rostral :: Rostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations..
Snout :: Snout (n.) The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine..
Nozzle :: Nozzle (n.) The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows..
Sawfish :: Sawfish (n.) Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey..
Whipparee :: Whipparee (n.) A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray..
Snout :: Snout (n.) The nose of a man; -- in contempt.
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout..
Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..
Wrote :: Wrote (v. i.) To root with the snout. See 1st Root.
Root :: Root (v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine..
Weevil :: Weevil (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as th
Rhinoceros :: Rhinoceros (n.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout..
Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.
Neb :: Neb (n.) The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen..
Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. i.) The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout..
Calvessnout :: Calvessnout (n.) Snapdragon.
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Zingel :: Zingel (n.) A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel), having a round, elongated body and prominent snout..
Snout :: Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
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