noun
- plural of starnose; small moles with distinctive star-shaped appendages on their snouts, found in wet areas of North America
Usage: zoological
Examples
- The wetlands provide ideal habitat for starnoses and other small mammals.
- Researchers studied the unique sensory abilities of starnoses in the marsh.
- Starnoses use their distinctive snouts to locate prey underwater.
- The nature preserve is home to several species including starnoses.
- Starnoses are excellent swimmers despite being moles.
- Scientists discovered that starnoses can detect electrical fields from fish.