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Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus

Shovelnose \Shov"el*nose`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The common sand shark. See under Snad.

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

  3. A Pacific Ocean shark ( Hexanchus corinus).

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