snout
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It was slender, about 2 metres long, and it had a thin long snout specifically adapted for eating fish.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
A sun bear shelters from the rain in Thailand's Kaeng Krachan National Park as a butterfly briefly rests on its snout.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Aphaneramma was similar in overall size but had a long, narrow snout suited for snapping up small fish.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026
They compared those scans with the snout anatomy of living animals such as birds and crocodiles.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026
There he was, curled up in a pile of debbir branches, his snout covered by a paw.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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
Giant anteaters have black and white diagonal stripes, dense shaggy hair and super-sized snouts.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 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
They’re fairly tall, with snouts that are broader and ears that are rounder than the coyotes they’re often mistaken for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
Their scabby snouts were twitching triumphantly, and their teeth were clacking as close to my thumbs as they could get.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Charlotte's Web
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 4–6
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