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Tube-nosed - 2 dictionary results

tube-nosed

[toob-nohzed, tyoob-]
–adjective
1. having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
2. (of a petrel or similar bird) having extended tubelike nostrils.

Tube-nosed

Tube"-nosed`\, a. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds. (b) Belonging to the Tubinares.
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