snub-nosed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) 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] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1725 1. having a ...
Nosed definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary NO'SED, a. 1. Having a nose; as in long-nosed. 2. Having sagacity. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1 ... especially of a specified kind — usually used in combination < snub-nosed > Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nosed Nosed, a. Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition; as, pug-nosed. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nose Nose, v. t. [imp. & ...
Snub-nosed cachalot definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Snub-nosed Snub"-nosed`, a. Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel. Snub-nosed cachalot (Zo["o]l.), the pygmy sperm whale. Webster's ... but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot. Sperm-whale porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a toothed ...
pug-nosed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) 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] Merriam Webster's adjective see pug nose Webster's ...
short-nosed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) 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]
hard-nosed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: guided by ... than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics" [syn: hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: circa 1927 1 ... 2, tough-minded Collin's Cobuild Dictionary You use hard-nosed to describe someone who is tough and realistic, and who ... emotional ones. (INFORMAL) If nothing else, Doug is a hard-nosed businessman. = unsentimental ADJ: usu ADJ n
bottle-nosed whale definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead [syn: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, bottlenose, Hyperoodon ampullatus] Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot. Sperm-whale porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a toothed cetacean ... its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bottlehead Bot"tle*head`, n ... l.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale
snot-nosed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (used colloquially ... up and uppity and persnickety" [syn: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish ... nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids" [syn: snotty, snot-nosed]
shovel-nosed definitions Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1707 having a broad ... flat head, nose, or beak Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shovel-nosed Shov"el-nosed`, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.
cow-nosed ray definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large ... along eastern coast of North America [syn: cownose ray, cow-nosed ray, Rhinoptera bonasus] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Whipparee Whip`pa ... when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray.
star-nosed mole definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: amphibious ... pink fleshy tentacles around the nose [syn: starnose mole, star- nosed mole, Condylura cristata] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1826 a ... at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also star-nosed mole.
tube-nosed bat definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... drawn out into diverging tubes [syn: harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat]
hook-nosed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having an aquiline nose Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hook-nosed Hook"-nosed`, a. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. --Shak.