bluntnose

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noun

An animal with a blunt nose.

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Meanings

nounbluntnose (plural bluntnoses)

plural bluntnoses

  1. An animal with a blunt nose.

    The Bluntnoses (lizards) were more shy than we had expected.

    1872, Our Dumb Animals, volumes 5-8, page 262
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    These crested Bluntnoses we found upon all the islands. The slightly crested Bluntnose we found only on Albemarle and Indefatigable.

    1872, Oneida circular, volumes 9-10, page 235

Origin

From blunt + nose.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

bluntnose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluntnose

MLA

“bluntnose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluntnose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluntnose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluntnose.

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