bignoses

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A form of bignose — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large nose.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of bignose

    Johnson et al. conclude, then, that tapetails, bignoses and whalefishes are in fact larvae, males and females of members of the family Cetomimidae.

    2009 February 18, Rory Howlett, “TaxonomyThree into one will go”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7232, →DOI

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