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snout

[snout] / snaʊt /


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The dinosaur had large cheekbones, a broad braincase, and likely a short, deep snout.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Aphaneramma was similar in overall size but had a long, narrow snout suited for snapping up small fish.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

I wanted to do right by Bingo, a little white Jindo mix with strawberry-blond ears and freckles all over her snout, whose inevitable death was already becoming an intrusive thought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

The skull has an enormous eye socket and a long sword-like snout that it used to eat fish and squid.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

I poke my snout into a hole, dig a bit, sniff again.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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