shovelnose

English

Etymology

From shovel +‎ nose.

Noun

shovelnose (plural shovelnoses)

1. The common sand shark.
2. A small California shark (Notorynchus cepedianus).
3. A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus griseus).
4. A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon.
5. A type of Native American canoe.
6. A type of streamlined railway locomotive.

Related terms

• shovelnose frog

References

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