shovelnose

== English == === Etymology === From shovel +‎ nose. === Noun === shovelnose (plural shovelnoses) The common sand shark. A small California shark (Notorynchus cepedianus). A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus griseus). A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon. A type of Native American canoe. A type of streamlined railway locomotive. ==== Related terms ==== shovelnose frog shovelnose guitarfish === References === “shovelnose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.