beak-nosed

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• Roman nosed — Synonyms and related words: aquiline, aquiline nosed, beak nosed, beak shaped, beaked, bill like, bill shaped, billed, clawlike, crookbilled, crooked, crooknosed, down curving, hamate, hamiform, hamulate, hooked, hooklike, parrot nosed, rhamphoid …   Moby Thesaurus

• bottle-nosed dolphin — noun any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean • Syn: ↑bottlenose dolphin, ↑bottlenose • Hypernyms: ↑dolphin • Hyponyms: ↑Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• tube-nosed — adjective having a tubular nose • Similar to: ↑nosed * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes petrels are tube nosed birds * * * /toohb nohzed , tyoohb /, adj. 1. having a long, tubelike beak or snout …   Useful english dictionary

• Tube-nosed — a. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; said of certain sea birds. (b) Belonging to the Tubinares. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shov|el-nosed — «SHUHV uhl NOHZD», adjective. having a wide, flat snout or beak: »a shovel nosed snake …   Useful english dictionary

• shovel-nosed — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having a broad flat head, nose, or beak * * * /shuv euhl nohzd /, adj. having the head, snout, or beak broad and flat like the blade of a shovel. [1700 10] …   Useful english dictionary

• bottle-nosed dolphin — bot′tle nosed dol′phin n. mam any of several dolphins of the genus Tursiops, common in North Atlantic and Mediterranean waters, having a rounded forehead and well defined beak …   From formal English to slang

• shovel-nosed — shov′el nosed adj. zool. having the head, snout, or beak broad and flat like the blade of a shovel • Etymology: 1700–10 …   From formal English to slang

• tube-nosed — tube′ nosed adj. 1) orn zool. having a long, tubelike beak or snout 2) orn (of a petrel or similar bird) having extended tubelike nostrils • Etymology: 1885–90 …   From formal English to slang

• hawk-nosed — adjective : having a markedly curved and more or less pointed nose suggesting a hawk s beak the strength of the hawk nosed face Louis Bromfield …   Useful english dictionary

• giant bottle-nosed whale — giant bottle nosed whale, any one of a variety of whales found in the North Pacific and Antarctic regions, having a snout that narrows into a round beak, a black or dark gray color, and a maximum length of 42 feet and weight of 30 tons …   Useful english dictionary