snout
IPA: snˈaʊt
noun
- The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
- The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
- (derogatory) A person's nose.
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
- (Britain, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
- The terminus of a glacier.
- (slang) A police informer.
- A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
verb
- To furnish with a nozzle or point.
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Examples of "snout" in Sentences
- The front of the snout is missing.
- The profile of the snout is blunt.
- The eye is shorter than the snout.
- The granules enlarged on the snout.
- The tip of the snout is moderately elevated.
- Cut the nostrils of a pig to weaken the snout.
- The head is not that wide and the snout is blunt.
- Head granular, the granules enlarged on the snout.
- The body is relatively stout and the snout is not upturned.
- The bluntly pointed snout projects distinctly beyond the lower jaw.
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