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dog-nosed

dog-nosed adjective: having a snout or other protuberance that has the appearance of a dog’s nose. Also the simple past and past participle of dog-nose.

Adjective

dog-nosed (comparative more dog-nosed, superlative most dog-nosed)

  1. Having a snout or other protuberance that has the appearance of a dog’s nose
    • You may see in the picture that the dog-nosed ape is examining the Agriculturist and studying the picture with much interest.1867 April, Anonymous, “Great excitement in the monkey family”, American Agriculturist Volume XXVI, No. 4, page 148
    • The spring run of the salmon was very poor, but later the streams and inlets were full of the dog-nosed and hump-backed varieties.1891, T. C. Mendenhall, Report of the Superintendent of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Showing the Progress of the Work During the Fiscal Year Ending with June, 1890, U.S. Government Printing...

Also used as

dog-nosed is also the simple past and past participle of dog-nose.

Forms of dog-nosed

comparativemore dog-nosed
superlativemost dog-nosed

Origin of dog-nosed

From dog + nose + -ed.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about dog-nosed

What does dog-nosed mean?
Dog-nosed means having a snout or other protuberance that has the appearance of a dog’s nose.
What part of speech is dog-nosed?
Dog-nosed is an adjective.

Words near dog-nosed in the dictionary

  1. dog-napper
  2. dog-nappers
  3. dog-napping
  4. dog-naps
  5. dog-nose
  6. dog-nosed
  7. dog-noses
  8. dog-nosing
  9. dog-paddle
  10. dog-paddled
  11. dog-paddles

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