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snout
(snout)n.
1.
a. The projecting nose, jaws, or anterior facial part of an animal's head.
b. A similar prolongation of the anterior portion of the head in certain insects, such as weevils; a rostrum.
c. A spout or nozzle shaped like such a projection.
2. Slang The human nose.
[Middle English, probably of Old English origin.]
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snout
(snaʊt)n
1. (Zoology) the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated
2. (Zoology) the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils
3. anything projecting like a snout, such as a nozzle or the lower end of a glacier
4. (Anatomy) slang a person's nose
5. (Animals) Also called: snout moth a brownish noctuid moth, Hypena proboscidalis, that frequents nettles: named from the palps that project prominently from the head at rest
6. (Brewing) slang Brit a cigarette or tobacco
7. slang an informer
[C13: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse snyta, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snūte]
ˈsnouted adj
ˈsnoutless adj
ˈsnoutˌlike adj
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snout
(snaʊt)n.
1. the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
2. anything that resembles or suggests an animal's snout in shape, function, etc.
3. a nozzle or spout.
4. a person's nose, esp. when large or prominent.
[1175–1225; Middle English snowte, earlier snute, akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snūte]
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snout
(snout) The projecting nose, jaws, or front part of the head of an animal.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() muzzle - forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" |
2. | ![]() nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 | |
3. | snout - beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" |
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snout
noun proboscis, nose, jaws, trunk, beak, mouth, muzzle Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface.
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