shortnose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: short-nose
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Meaning

adj

Having a short nose.

noun

Any individual of the organisms listed above

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From short + nose.

Inflected Forms

shortnoses (plural)

Phrases

shortnose boxfish shortnose cisco shortnose demon catshark shortnose gar shortnose greeneye shortnose guitarfish shortnose lancetfish shortnose sawshark

Frequently Paired Words

snubnose

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