Crossword clues for shovelnose
shovelnose
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The common sand shark. 2 A small California shark (''Heptranchias maculatus''). 3 A Pacific Ocean shark (''Hexanchus corinus''). 4 A ganoid fish of the sturgeon family (''Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus'') of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon. 5 A type of Native American canoe. 6 A type of streamlined railway locomotive.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Shovelnose may refer to:
- A type of American Indian canoe
- A type of streamlined railway locomotive
- A banjo shark
Usage examples of "shovelnose".
Water’s rising all around the island and hammerheads and mackerel sharks and tiger sharks and shovelnose sharks are swimming round and round and feeding on those who try to swim away to keep from being forked down the big open hatch that has steam rising out of it.
The nose was streamlined, and slightly flattened, like the nose of a shovelnose shark.