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| aardvark |
a nocturnal mammal of southern Africa that has a long snout, long ears, and powerful claws for digging, and that feeds on ants using its extensile tongue. |
| ant bear |
a large, toothless, ant-eating mammal with a long snout, a sticky, extendable tongue, and a long shaggy tail; great anteater. [1/2 definitions] |
| babirusa |
a wild pig of the East Indies, the male of which has tusks that grow up through the snout and curve backward toward the eyes. |
| boll weevil |
a small, grayish beetle with a long snout, whose larvae hatch in and destroy cotton bolls. |
| bull nose |
a contagious disease in pigs caused by a bacterial infection and marked by a kind of swelling in the snout and mouth that destroys tissue. |
| coati |
a small tree-dwelling mammal, related to the raccoon, with a flexible snout and long ringed tail, found in Mexico and Central and South America. |
| crocodile |
any of various large reptiles found in tropical swamps, with a thick, tough skin, a long tail, and a pointed snout. [1/2 definitions] |
| desman |
either of two molelike aquatic mammals found in eastern Europe and western Asia that feed on insects and have webbed feet and a long snout. |
| dolphin |
any of several marine mammals having a fishlike body and a toothed, beaklike snout. [1/2 definitions] |
| duck-billed |
of an animal, having a broad, flat snout shaped like a duck's bill. |
| duck-billed dinosaur |
any dinosaur of the Hadrosauridae family, having a broad, flat snout for grazing. |
| echidna |
any of several small, insect-eating, egg-laying mammals of the Australian region that have a long slender snout and a spiny, bristly coat; spiny anteater. |
| gar |
any of various freshwater fish of North and Central America that have hard scales, a long thin body, and a long, toothed snout. |
| gavial |
a large crocodilian reptile, found in India and Indonesia, that has a long narrow snout. |
| hadrosaur |
any dinosaur of the Hadrosauridae family, having a broad, flat snout for grazing; also known as a "duck-billed dinosaur." |
| hognose snake |
any of several nonpoisonous snakes characterized by a thick body and an upturned snout. |
| marlin |
any of several large ocean game fish that have a long, pointed snout. |
| mink |
any of several small, carnivorous North American mammals that are related to the weasel, that have short legs, partly webbed feet, and a pointed snout, and that live near water. [1/3 definitions] |
| nuzzle |
to push or rub the nose or snout against something. [2/4 definitions] |
| paddlefish |
a large fish, found in the Mississippi and Yangtze river basins, that has a long flat snout shaped like a paddle. |
| pink river dolphin |
a large South American freshwater dolphin, having a pink, light blue, or gray color, a long, thin snout, and a bulbous forehead. |
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