Shovelnose

Shovelnose
Shovelnose Shov"el*nose`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The common sand shark. See under {Snad}. (b) A small California shark ({Heptranchias maculatus}), which is taken for its oil. (c) A Pacific Ocean shark ({Hexanchus corinus}). (d) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family ({Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus}) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also {white sturgeon}. [1913 Webster]

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