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[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

"Males are the only pigs whose upper tusks erupt through the snout bone and curve back towards their face."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

According to Yale paleontologists, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa had a short snout, a heavily reinforced skull, and enlarged jaw muscles suited for snapping shut on large prey.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

I end on a firm yip, and Father pulls his snout back, a bit shocked, perhaps, at my defense of Teeth.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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

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

While there were still slender, wolf-like dogs, there were also many with shorter snouts and wider, stockier heads.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

Pig balls were large colored balls; the pigs rolled them around with their snouts.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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