SHOVELNOSE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The common sand shark. See under Snad.

2.
n.

A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.

3.
n.

A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).

4.
n.

A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.


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