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tubenose

tubenose noun: any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.

Noun

tubenose (plural tubenoses)

  1. Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
  2. A small, thin fish of Japanese and Korean coastal waters, Aulichthys japonicus

Forms of tubenose

pluraltubenoses

Origin of tubenose

From tube + nose.

Questions about tubenose

What does tubenose mean?
Tubenose means any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
What part of speech is tubenose?
Tubenose is a noun.
What is the plural of tubenose?
The plural of tubenose is tubenoses.

Words near tubenose in the dictionary

  1. tubelights
  2. tubelike
  3. tubemaker
  4. tubemakers
  5. tubemaking
  6. tubenose
  7. tubenoses
  8. tubeplate
  9. tubeplates
  10. tuber
  11. tuber cinerea

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