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snout

[snaut] / snaʊt /


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The viper, which has two hornlike projections on its snout, feeds mainly on rodents and ground-dwelling birds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Now Nasa is working around that problem using the X-59's elongated snout to flatten supersonic booms into tolerable bumps in the background.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Based on comparisons with related species, researchers think Tanyka may have resembled a salamander with a slightly longer snout.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

It was slender, about 2 metres long, and it had a thin long snout specifically adapted for eating fish.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

So I hiked around the snout to the side where I thought the scar had been and I crouched in the shadow of a large fin, to see the gray side of the shark.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

In this alternate universe, beautiful people have pig snouts, distorted mouths, and sagging cheeks.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

But that shows how keen they are to get their snouts in the trough of Musk’s future equity sales.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Their long, narrow snouts and rows of thin, pointed teeth allowed them to catch agile prey such as fish and turtles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025

The malleability of the dog genome allows for enormous physical variety, she explained, meaning that breeders can push features to extremes—squashing snouts, piling on wrinkles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Then they pulled up their snouts and clacked their yellow teeth.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt


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