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snub-nosed
(encz) | snub-nosed,tuponosý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Snub-nosed
(gcide) | Snub-nosed \Snub"-nosed`\, a.
Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the
snub-nosed eel.
[1913 Webster]
Snub-nosed cachalot (Zool.), the pygmy sperm whale.
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snub-nosed
(wn) | snub-nosed
adj 1: having a blunt nose; "a pug-nosed boy with freckles"; "a
snub-nosed automatic" [syn: pug-nosed, pug-nose,
short-nosed, snub-nosed] |
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snub-nosed
(encz) | snub-nosed,tuponosý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Snub-nosed cachalot
(gcide) | Snub-nosed \Snub"-nosed`\, a.
Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the
snub-nosed eel.
[1913 Webster]
Snub-nosed cachalot (Zool.), the pygmy sperm whale.
[1913 Webster]Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
[1913 Webster]
Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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snub-nosed cachalot
(gcide) | Snub-nosed \Snub"-nosed`\, a.
Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the
snub-nosed eel.
[1913 Webster]
Snub-nosed cachalot (Zool.), the pygmy sperm whale.
[1913 Webster]Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
[1913 Webster]
Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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snub-nosed
(wn) | snub-nosed
adj 1: having a blunt nose; "a pug-nosed boy with freckles"; "a
snub-nosed automatic" [syn: pug-nosed, pug-nose,
short-nosed, snub-nosed] |
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