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shovelnoses

shovelnoses is the plural of shovelnose.

Meaning of shovelnose

Noun

shovelnose (plural shovelnoses)

  1. The common sand shark.
  2. A small California shark (Notorynchus cepedianus).
  3. A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus griseus).
  4. A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon.
  5. A type of Native American canoe.
  6. A type of streamlined railway locomotive.

Questions about shovelnoses

What is shovelnoses the plural of?
Shovelnoses is the plural of shovelnose.

Words near shovelnoses in the dictionary

  1. shovelnose frog
  2. shovelnose frogs
  3. shovelnose guitarfish
  4. shovelnose guitarfishes
  5. shovelnosed
  6. shovelnoses
  7. shovelomics
  8. shovels
  9. shovels out
  10. shovels up
  11. shovelsful

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