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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