The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hexanchus corinus
Shovelnose \Shov"el*nose`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The common sand shark. See under Snad.
A small California shark ( Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
A Pacific Ocean shark ( Hexanchus corinus).
A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family ( Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.