shortnose

English

Etymology

From short +‎ nose.

Adjective

shortnose (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having a short nose.
   • 2015 July 21, Lisa W. Foderaro, “Group Petitions to Save a Prehistoric Fish From Modern Construction”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Most of them — both Atlantic sturgeons and the smaller shortnose sturgeons, also endangered but more plentiful — have been found dead along the shore, with injuries like long gashes and severed heads, suggesting impacts from boat propellers.

Derived terms

• shortnose boxfish
• shortnose cisco
• shortnose demon catshark
• shortnose gar
• shortnose greeneye
• shortnose guitarfish
• shortnose lancetfish
• shortnose sawshark
• shortnose spurdog
• shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
• shortnose sucker
• shortnose velvet dogfish
• shortnose whiting

 

Noun

shortnose (plural shortnoses)

1. Any individual of the organisms listed above

See also

• snubnose

Anagrams

• Thoresons, henroosts