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NOUN (3)

1. a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose;
[syn: snout, neb]

2. informal terms for the nose;
[syn: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz]

3. beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils;
[syn: snout, rostrum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff.] 1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine. [1913 Webster] 2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles. [1913 Webster] Snout beetle (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. Snout moth (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Snout \Snout\, v. t. To furnish with a nozzle or point. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

snout n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose [syn: snout, neb] 2: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz] 3: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: snout, rostrum]