tubenose

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noun

Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.

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Meanings

nountubenose (plural tubenoses)

plural tubenoses

  1. Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
  2. A small, thin fish of Japanese and Korean coastal waters, Aulichthys japonicus

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
procellarian

Origin

From tube + nose.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

tubenose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubenose

MLA

“tubenose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubenose. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tubenose,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubenose.

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