snout

snout

1. the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated

2. the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils

3. a brownish noctuid moth, Hypena proboscidalis, that frequents nettles: named from the palps that project prominently from the head at rest

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snout

[snau̇t]

(geography)

A promontory or protruding mass of rock.

(hydrology)

The protruding lower extremity of a glacier.

(vertebrate zoology)

The elongated nose of various mammals.

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