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shovelnose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shov-el-nose
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The common sand shark.

noun

A small California shark (Notorynchus cepedianus).

noun

A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus griseus).

noun

A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon.

noun

A type of Native American canoe.

noun

A type of streamlined railway locomotive.

Etymology

From shovel + nose.

Inflected Forms

shovelnoses (plural)

Phrases

shovelnose frog shovelnose guitarfish

Frequently Paired Words

shovelnose frog shovelnose guitarfish

Questions

What does shovelnose mean?
The common sand shark.
Where does shovelnose come from?
From shovel + nose.

How to pronounce shovelnose

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