meaning of shovelnose
1. The common sand shark. See under Snad.
2. A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
3. A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
4. A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
Related Words
shovelnose | shovelnose catfish |
