SNOUT

Snout

A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw. In many animals the equivalent structure is called a rostrum or a proboscis.

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snout

Noun

  1. The long, projecting nose, mouth and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
    The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.
  2. A person's nose.
    His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.
  3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
    If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.
  4. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
  5. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
  6. Tobacco; cigarettes.

Verb

  1. To furnish with a nozzle or point.


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