shortnose en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From short + nose.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having a short nose.
Most of them — both Atlantic sturgeons and the smaller shortnose sturgeons, also endangered but more plentiful — have been found dead along the shore, with injuries like long gashes and severed heads, suggesting impacts from boat propellers.
2015 July 21, Lisa W. Foderaro, “Group Petitions to Save a Prehistoric Fish From Modern Construction”, in New York Times:
Deriveds
shortnose demon catshark · shortnose whiting · shortnose sucker · shortnose spurdog · shortnose guitarfish · shortnose velvet dogfish · shortnose sturgeon · shortnose sawshark · shortnose gar · shortnose boxfish · shortnose cisco · shortnose greeneye · shortnose lancetfish