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Shovelnose
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The common sand shark. See under Snad.
(2):
(n.) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
(3):
(n.) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
(4):
(n.) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; - called also white sturgeon.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shovelnose'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/shovelnose.html. 1828.