noun
- plural of shovelnose; fish or other animals having broad, flattened snouts resembling a shovel
Usage: zoological
Examples
- The aquarium's freshwater exhibit featured several shovelnoses swimming near the bottom.
- Shovelnoses are well-adapted for feeding on the river bottom.
- The biologist studied the feeding habits of various shovelnoses in the Mississippi River.
- These shovelnoses can grow quite large in their natural habitat.
- Commercial fishermen sometimes catch shovelnoses as bycatch.