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a(1)
: a long projecting nose (as of a swine)
(2)
: an anterior prolongation of the head of various animals (such as a weevil) : rostrum
b
: the human nose especially when large or grotesque
snouted; snouting; snouts
: to dig or search with or as if with the snout
These whales feed by snouting around in soft ocean bottoms …—
Elizabeth Quill
Elizabeth QuillThe bear was on a low-level hunting mission … and snouted around for anything to fuel a furnace-like appetite …—Danny Buckland
Danny Buckland… help us to visualize precisely [Ignatius] Sancho stomping through his house, snouting about in every corner, pausing only to curse his increasingly irritating failure to track down the newspapers he is searching for.—S. S. Sanhu
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Noun
The dog raised his snout and sniffed.
a punch in the snout
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
Traits such as a receding chin, strongly projecting snout, low and sloping forehead, and very small brain size placed Lucy in the genus Australopithecus.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Daniel Dorsa, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2020
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Noun
The catcher is near the whale’s rostrum–near its beak, snout, and vertebrae.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
Traits such as a receding chin, strongly projecting snout, low and sloping forehead, and very small brain size placed Lucy in the genus Australopithecus.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Verb
Puppy wobbles forward, bonks snout on plexiglass.
—Daniel Dorsa, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2020
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“Snout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snout. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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snout
noun
: a long projecting nose (as of a swine)
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