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hooknose

US/ˈhʊkˌnoʊz/

hooknose noun: an aquiline nose.

Noun

hooknose (plural hooknoses)

  1. An aquiline nose.
  2. Someone with such a nose; stereotypically a Jew. See Jewish nose.
  3. A fish, the armed bullhead (Agonus cataphractus).

hooknose meaning in Tamil

hooknose in Tamil

கழுகுமூக்கு

Forms of hooknose

pluralhooknoses

Origin of hooknose

From hook + nose.

Questions about hooknose

What does hooknose mean?
Hooknose means an aquiline nose.
What is hooknose in Tamil?
Hooknose in Tamil is கழுகுமூக்கு. See Hooknose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hooknose?
Hooknose is a noun.
How do you pronounce hooknose?
Hooknose is pronounced /ˈhʊkˌnoʊz/ (US).
What is the plural of hooknose?
The plural of hooknose is hooknoses.

Words near hooknose in the dictionary

  1. hookmaker
  2. hookmakers
  3. hookmaking
  4. hookman
  5. hookmen
  6. hooknose
  7. hooknosed
  8. hooknoses
  9. hooks
  10. hooks above
  11. hooks and eyes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hooknose (page history and authors); hooknose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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