Plural of snout
regular plural
The plural of snout is snouts.
Forms of snout
| Singular | snout /snaʊt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | snouts |
| Countable | countable |
Snouts in a sentence
- The gavialids, found in India, eat fish and have slender snouts.1999, Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants, page 178. From the entry gavialid
- The other half of the true bandicoot family are the short-nosed bandicoots, which, as their name suggests, have short snouts.2024, Andres Salazar, Strange Creatures: Exploring the Wonderful and Weird Animals ..., page 89. From the entry true bandicoot
- Today they are separated from that group by virtue of their long snouts, heibivotous dentition and different digestive tract.1997, M. G. L. Mills, Lex Hes, The Complete Book of Southern African Mammals, page 62. From the entry elephant shrew
- As the slain foxes dropped into the water the snouts of river crocodiles popped up and devoured them.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 154. From the entry fox
- Checking out the studen, its calves feet and pork snouts floating languidly in purple gelatin, I gulped and said, “I think I’ll pass.2010, Glen Berkowitz, chapter 7, in Mayhem at the Hampton Classic: A Gabriel Fortuna Hamptons Adventure, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry studen
Meaning of snout
- noun The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
- noun The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
- noun A person's nose.
Questions about the plural of snout
- What is the plural of snout?
- The plural of snout is snouts.
- Is snout countable?
- Snout is a countable noun.
Source and license
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